Romola Garai

highly unlikely for anyone to achieve through natural means and also set a foundation for women who do not fit these standards to be ridiculed. Blogger Jeremy Armstrong’s writing for the website “Mirror”, in March of 2013 shows a possible solution to changing beauty ideals in his article “A big plus: Using ‘plus size’ models would help make women less obsessed about being thin”. In the article he suggests that women are being taught that beauty is a one way street and that media portrays that the only way you can be beautiful is to be thin and look like the supermodels. Armstrong cites the Durham University study which supports the idea that advertising should be more representative of realistic women. He then goes on to quote actress Romola Garai who says even her size ten is considered unacceptable for the red carpets. Based on all the studies Armstrong presents, he tells that it is evident a change in images used on magazines, fashion and television could begin a movement to encourage people that beauty comes in different looks, shapes and sizes. The backbone of Armstrong’s article is Durham University’s research on a study that found women who normally preferred thin bodies were significantly less keen on them after they’d seen pictures of plus size models. He quotes Psychologist Dr. Lynda Boothroyd, lead author of the report, about how the looks of these thin supermodels have a profound affect on the negative attitudes people have towards women who differ from the models…

play was written it would have been unlikely that a woman could have such a prestigious place politically, it is more common in today’s society to see a woman actively involved in politics and justice. In addition to this cultural change in gender there is also a purpose to it later on when, at the end of the play, the Duke silently pairs Escalus with Barnadine (Matthew Wynn) causing a comedic moment at a time of awkwardness. Another effective change is the character of Pompey becoming American…