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    throughout her works and her lyrics are a raw and open account of the difficulty pressure from society can bring to those who struggle to accept themselves. In her songs “I Know Girls (Body Love),” “Sum of Our Parts,” and “Lay Your Head Down,” she references mental illness and the direct impact societal expectations can have on one’s mental health and self-esteem. Now more than ever, mental illness has become a…

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    Communication with different people is the key factor to reveal much about one’s self. In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, a young tomboy, and Jem Finch, a maturing boy, grow up and observe a life changing court case regarding an African American being accused for a crime. Also, in Lisa Gossels’ documentary trailer, “My So-Called Enemy,” multiple girls of opposing ethnicities are brought together to connect with each other in order to achieve peace. In, To Kill a Mockingbird,…

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    Distorted Body Image

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    feelings about that perception. A person's body image is thought to be, in part, a product of their personal experiences, personality, and various social and cultural forces. Cusack (2000) defined body image as a multidimensional self-attitude toward one's body; particularly its size, shape, and aesthetics. According to David Schlundt “You could look at a photograph and would always…

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    specialist in dealing with anorexic patients, claims the media is related to one’s development of an eating disorders, only to a certain extent, but if one’s thinking is level headed, they’re more resistant in dealing with eating disorders. Fleming claims that majority of his patient’s eating disorders start with internal problems and not external, outside one’s home. Problems with eating disorders usually begin in one’s home, yet the media doesn’t help one with dealing with the disorder, but…

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    age of puberty. According to Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2010), “Acting as a catalyst for all of these changes is an increase in the production of hormones. Hormones are chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands” (p. 279). In general, most girls begin the initial changes experienced with the onset at approximately ten to fourteen years of age, while boys begin at approximately between the ages of twelve and sixteen. These changes can be markedly different when observing the changes in…

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    Media. The majority of the adolescent girls use the internet. They are online to communicate with others, but that does not mean all adolescent girls portray themselves as their real identity. Social media allows girls to become anonymous or even change their name and call themselves by their ‘made up’ name. The media has become a place where all people can interact with one another. Guaman (2012), states that “it allows them to represent and negotiate their social presence with other…

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    Ensler, Creative Solutions to Life's Challenges by Frank X Walker, and Happy Talk by Oscar Hammerstein articulate how to be happy. Through these three authors, I learned that openness, creativity, and positivity can lead to happiness. Talking about one's problems is the most terrifying work. However, it can also make one happy. Eve Ensler states, “ I believe freedom begins with naming things.” Holding our words in and not talking about our experiences, holds us down. When one opens…

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    Definition Essay Beauty

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    and culture. Although people view beauty as ones outwards appearance and appeal, true beauty can lie within and can take on many different forms. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”; a saying which first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. This well-known saying implies that everyone has their own definition and recognition of beauty. What is seen as amazing to one person might be the complete opposite…

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    Orchids Film Analysis

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    yet and her mother told her that she will never be able to menstruate. This upset Phoebe and she was very confused as to why she wasn’t…

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    male or female. Gender, on the other hand, has little to do with the genitals and describes the level of masculinity or femininity in a person. This complex idea is a combination of body, identity, and expression. A congruity between the three dimensions controls a person's sense of comfort with their gender. Gender identity, one's personal experience of one's own gender, differs from the gender…

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