Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

These featured articles entail celebrities or reality television stars with unblemished skin, perfect makeup, gorgeous clothes, and extremely thin figures. On the particular issue 984 of US Weekly, the side stories include Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Anderson, and Sadie Roberson. These featured articles entail the projection of the perfect feminist body with the idea that you have to be attractive to have the perfect American…

Society Slut Shaming or Sexualizing Young Girls? “Girls may not only experience feelings of shame due to being sexualized, but they may also develop eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression” (Sexualization 1). This issue, Body Image, has been even more of an issue to our generation and should be addressed more than it is currently being addressed. Body image is a very serious topic because the way we see each other and criticize each other, has an effect mentally and physically. The…

Not Just Water “In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal.” Bill Bernbach said this about advertising. If every ad were the same products would all be seen as the same. That is not what a company wants from their advertisements. They want the advertisements to help show why their product is different from the competitors. Whether that is how the product makes you feel or how the product can benefit you. Advertisements also strive to be different so they can appeal to different…

March 9, 1959 was the Barbie Doll debut, and since then she has become one of the largest cultural icons for women that America has ever seen (History). The fashion doll was in the hands of a great deal of young girls, and Barbie was a part of their lives—she soon their idol. Although, with the idolization of Barbie came “fixed gender roles, heterosexual norms and consumerist values to which women must strive” (Toffoletti). The effects of Barbie on women’s culture lasts longer than just…

side and being her manager, she wanted her daughter to create a tremendous image by promoting her in the best way possible. Tyra Banks eventually became the first African American to be established on GQ Magazine, Victoria Secret and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. With Tyra being able to accomplish these goals, it allowed her to start creating her personal brand by changing the modeling industry as a whole. When Tyra began to gain weight, certain agencies didn’t want to work with her…

Even though, there are still fashion designers, who still pick the slender girls. There has been an increase in incorporating plus size women into the modelling industry. Ashley Graham was the first model to be issued on the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, she states, “I’m giving curvy women a seat at a table that we’ve never been invited to before.” She is the new role model to the average girl in America (insert citation of…

Lifestyle is not the only health determinant. Where you live, level of education, accessibility to health care, socioeconomic status, race/ ethnicity, gender, immigration status, social support networks, and inheritance are factors as well. Waiting on a decision of my legal status by the government was stressfully. I felt tired, and sicker than normal. Today, I can relate this back to the insecurities about my future. When I received my permanent status, it felt like the weight lifted off my…

Fashion, the popular trend in styles of clothing, can be observed through out human history. From the fur hides of the Neolithic, to the Victorian dresses of 19th century, and to the “standard” clothing that the society perceives of today, fashion is ubiquitous. Fashion – especially women’s fashion – however, stands beyond its practicality and ornamentation to make and to mark the social, cultural, and psychological atmosphere of the era. In this paper, one seeks to examine the rise of trousers…

that “for every $1 spend on women’s college sports, $3 is spent on men’s, with women receiving only 38 percent of scholarship funds and 27 percent of recruiting funds” (7). To add on to this injustice, ESPN devotes only 1.4% of all air time to women sports (7). This lack of attention could drive this behavior of “money follows the attention”, as struggling athletic females would have to aspire to be on a magazine. Finally, one more thing in men 's sports…

Mattel Creations is an American multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945, 71 years ago. The headquarters of the company are located in El Segundo, California. The company was founded by Harold Matson, Elliot Handler, and Ruth Handler. Harold Matson and Elliot Handler were the original founders, and Harold sold his share to Elliot because of poor health. Ruth Handler took over Harold’s roles. Elliot and Ruth Handler were married and developed other toys such as Barbie, Chatty Cathy…