The Skinny

playing double dutch with the black girls in her grade in the playground of Public School Number 13. The inciting incident is first shown to the reader when the other girls begin to tease Elena, mostly mocking her ethnicity, by calling her things like “skinny bones” and “pork chop”. The central conflict is shown through the bullying and how it deals with Elena’s internal…

Summary Jeff is new in the position of the assistant account planner and is uncomfortable by the burgers ad campaign because he does not like the idea of selling an unhealthy burger and is uncomfortable with the sexualized ad campaign. Jeff does not like the tagline “Patty melts for you” and wants to bring up the similar sexualized ad campaign with Paris Hilton that did not go over well with the public. Jeff has not said anything, but needs help figuring out what to tell the client and how to…

As a Student Leader in the Grinnell Dining Hall, a large part of my job is to make a safe work environment for our workers. This includes monitoring the music we play in the dishroom. Oftentimes, I find myself only catching explicit, sexist, or racist lyrics as a song ended, leaving me wondering what I missed. This spurred my interest in the possibility of sexist content going unnoticed or unprocessed in music, and the possible consequences this might have. In this paper, I will seek to explore…

Lookism Lookism, plays a major role in todays society; therefore, society can not recognize those who are good, without first judging someone on how they present themselves. The idea of lookism is defined best by Andrew Davis a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels like House of Cards, describes “lookism’, a form of discrimination on the grounds of appearance”. (Davis) Lookism has existed from the beginning of time, from men and women being judged whether it be in sports, jobs, schools,…

Every gender, age , and size has always suffered self-esteem problems. People have always been worried about their weight but the internet has caused problems. The development of social media has increased the number of men and women that have self-confidence problems leading to eating disorders. Being able to see how every person looks in this country has lead to people judging themselves. 24 million people suffer from eating disorders and social media is to blame. Before social media was…

colors, but I only like wide brim fedoras. Personally I do not own sweatpants at the moment. They are perfect for all year round. Specially during those cozy winter nights. Notably, they have become more popular, since they are now being made into skinny sweatpants. The term for that is “joggers”. Joggers have a comfortable upper, tailored leg, and a casual menswear feel to the cuffs. Which can make you look more stylish, if you know how to accessory it. Considering this, guys feel more…

black hair that was frizzy and had a strong face. Also, Leontia was very skinny except for the fat belly because she was pregnant.She was a peasant so she did not get a lot of food and clean water like the rich people did.She was a brave woman and was not scared to speak up.She would have told the government that we should have equal rights but her husband said,”you know what they will do to you” Caduceus was also a skinny man and had black frizzy hair just like everyone else.He was always…

Susan Bordo’s The Globalization of Eating Disorder article voices the nowadays common issue of eating disorders and body image. Eating disorders are starting to become more and more regular in this world that we live in today. It is a problem that many people have seem to thought about, experienced, or is even going through the moment. Writing this article, Susan is able to connect with people of different types, fields, and positions. Psychiatrists, doctors, celebrities, motivational speakers,…

The two magazines that I have chosen to analyze my advertisements from are Vogue and Ebony Magazine. The magazine Vogue targets the audience of male and female, but predominantly female targeting an audience range of 17 to early 40’s. As for the Ebony Magazine it draws in an audience equally to males and females. Ebony Magazine targets a much more broad audience than vogue, ranging from as young as seventeen to as old as late 50’s. Ebony Magazine also focuses more on an African American…

simple but neat. The girl looked skinny and we assume that she could be very good at sports. We are sure that she was sitting by herself for a long time before we started to watch her. It is obvious that she is very anxious and stressed about her homework that she was doing. She did not look up even once, being too busy studying. We think she has strict rules about…