Time magazine Persons of the Year

White being the most superior race according to history, just shows that now in modern time we have the most beauty ideals related to that races. Growing up in an Asian Community, every girl in school wanted to dye their hair blond and get blue contacts even though that was not culturally accepted in my community. Then, during my teen years I made a trip to China and even there people find“American White Race” to be some sort of an appeasing concept and when I travel…

However, the media plays a significant role in how a person feels about his or her body. In many cases, depression can come from a person not being happy with their body image. Depression sometimes occurs in women when they do not reach the standards of beauty made by the media. A lot of the time, depression begins in the early stages of the adolescent years. In women, it starts when their body is changing and they are surrounded by the images that society…

around the internet in recent years and for a very valid reason. Millions of bees are perishing around the world, causing our food supply to shrink and environment being harmed drastically. Why are bees “so important” to our food supply? Well, bees are responsible for pollinating everything from strawberries, almonds, to alfalfa used to feed dairy cows. This is where the term “No Bees, No Food” comes in and why we should be aware of this drastic incline of bees in recent years. In Wisconsin bee…

We see no more than what we see. What we see and visual can be different from other peoples point of view. In the textbook, it says “Images often happens without our being aware of the process and is part of the pleasure of looking at images” (Textbook, 34). The images that we see is what we process and it’s a relationship to an object, image, or word that gives meaning, contextual idea, etc. A sign is anything that stands for something other than itself. A tool that we use to examine the…

our youth. We live within a culture where the media dictates what we should wear, how we should think, and even narrows down to how we should look, and eat. The media’s circuits have grown exponentially within the last few generations. We now have magazines, television shows, radio shows, and social media influencing the society we live in. Unfortunately the negative ramifications that occur from these outlets have grown to be detrimental. With growing emphasize on looks, body, and image – more…

universal respect that goes beyond photography circles. He has scores of books that are bestsellers and prints that has raised thousands of dollars. He has won several awards throughout his career, which included most reputed ones like Magazine Photographer of the Year awarded by the National Press Photographers-Association and he was presented the Robert Capa Gold-Medal by the O.P.C (Overseas Press Club) for best published photographic reporting from abroad for encompassing courage and…

An individual’s potential to succeed has for years been superficially measured by a score on a standardized test, known globally as an Intelligence Quotient Test. The result of this test is a number, an “I.Q.”; a higher I.Q. translates into greater intelligence, and therefore, potential for the success. In Senior Editor, Deborah Perkins-Gough’s article for Educational Leadership Magazine, “The Significance of Grit: A Conversation with Angela Lee Duckworth”, she chronicles her interview with Ms…

heinous crimes, especially mass shootings. A mass shooter is identified, according to the FBI, as a person kills four or more people in a single incident. One such example would be Elliot Rodger, the 22 year-old who killed five people and injured thirteen on May 24 of this year, in Isla Vista, California. Now although mass murders do not often happen, the problem is that they do occur every year, even though they can be prevented, just like the rates of crime and suicide in the United States.…

The 20th century held many challenges and endeavours. From World War I to the Vietnam War it was a time of hostility and violence. Despite these hardships, the 20th century also made it possible for some of the most important events that changed the world. Without the invention of the television or the cell phone, where would the world be today? All these changes from an old world to a new world gave the opportunity for literature to blossom. Many 20th century writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald…

“You define beauty for yourself; society doesn’t define your beauty” (Lady Gaga). Beauty is viewed as being as those small models that are seen in magazines. Beauty is viewed as having the perfect figure that feels acceptable with today’s society. Beauty is viewed as having the perfect face that requires spending hundreds of dollars. Everyone has grown up in a society that has defined how “beautiful” one is, and has begun to accept that. At one point in life, every individual questions whether…