Pin-up girl

We have rapidly changed our perceptions of the ideal body throughout the decades because of new developments and representations in various media. A significant image that is portrayed through all types of media is that of a “princess” - specifically, the Disney Princesses. While it is most likely that Walt Disney’s intentions were nothing other than providing entertainment to younger audiences through the revitalization of old fairy tales, having an impressionable, younger audience created an…

of whom possess only one Barbie. On a Sunday, the young girls are at a market and spot a cheap new Barbie lying on a table. Glancing around, they notice there are numerous dolls and outfits, including a "'Career Gal'" outfit (291). Evidently, a close-by toy factory burned to the ground, thus these dolls are marked down despite the fact that they escaped with minor harms. The narrator brings up that nobody will see these things if the girls dress the dolls in their lovely new outfits. The central…

In "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, we have a mother conveying important life advice to her daughter in order for her to adapt to her cultural customs and most importantly, to learn the rules of social behavior for a woman. Her mother's advice is not only intentionally told in order for her to become the proper Antiguan woman she believes in raising but is also told to criticize her actions and everyday doings. Her mother makes it very clear, in order to live a proper Antiguan life, there are many…

the author, “only 5% of North American women are underweight, 32 percent of female television and movie personalities are unhealthily thin” (ANRED sec.6). Many young girls and women look up to these movie and television stars as role models and can begin to feel inadequate about themselves especially when their friends also look up to and strive to look like the famous people they envy, or that they see in magazines.…

infanticide, where it's actually the most popular. The documentary “It’s a Girl” first shows an Indian women stating “Women have the power to give life,” she explains, “and the power to take it away.” (It's a Girl) India and china have rooted in them the practice of infanticide. The film opens up with a woman telling her story about her births. She has been pregnant eight times, all of these eight times she gave birth to only girls, and eight times she had strangled and killed her daughters. She…

In today’s society people are surrounded by what the perfect body should look like and what one should strive for to obtain this image. The standards pounded into people’s minds can and will have negative effects not only to the body, but also can lead to psychological concerns that can become hard to recognize or treat if needed. The role social media plays in today’s society consumes the majority of everyday people’s lives, through the ideas of body image expectations versus reality,…

Why should girls and boys be on the same sports team? Why I think boys and girls should play on the same sports team? think that boys and girls should play on the same sports team. I think that it would give a variety of different kinds of sports players on the same team no matter what gender they are.Just because girls aren’t as strong as boys are ,or as fast as they are they can still do the same thing even if they are different.Girls can do the same thing boys can do!…

When I was in middle school, there was a boy named Richard who would always pick on me and come up with names that were hurtful to me. One thing he would say was, “You’re such a nerd!” This offended me and made me feel self conscience because when I think of the word nerd, I think of someone who is socially awkward. The word nerd has two different meanings, one being, “a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.,” and the other being, “an intelligent but single-minded…

test can kill a person in any or all three ways, and at the least the person can be damaged up to any or the all of the trio. The bright side about taking risks is doing so can make a person stronger than they were beforehand in any or all areas. Risk itself can make a person more aware and closer to knowing their true self and limits. An example of risk would be a nerdy, nervous teenage boy asking a popular girl out onto a date. The example is small but shows that the nerdy, nervous teenage boy…

After reading Marge Piercy’s Barbie Doll, the girl in the story had killed herself because she felt that others saw her as ugly. Upon further reading, the poem shows that there is more meaning behind it. The poem is not just about a young woman who takes her life for not being perfect. Piercy uses literary techniques and figurative language that describes a society for women. The writing style in this poem includes long, descriptive lines. Having the long lines with the descriptions helps to…