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a woman as “a cleavage-boosting corset, sultry poses, (and) thick mascara” (Burkett). First of all, the “ideal” woman that Burkett describes as “people who have lived their whole lives as women” also pose in the magazines this way. Magazines like Vogue, Cosmopolitan also make some famous cis women look like Caitlyn Jenner looked in Vanity Fair. Ginelle explains that if anyone were to “critique a cis woman this way, one imagines Burkett would take umbrage” (Ginelle). This is where appearance…

The Great Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was formative figure in the emerging generation of the 1920’s. He was the voice no one else could capture. He wrote from personal experiences which made him more credible then others, and exaggerated the stories in order to meet the desires of the generation for the more lavish life styles in the growing counterculture. In his short stories: “A Winter’s Dream”, “The Rich Boy,” and “A Diamond as Big as The Ritz.” These stories exemplify a new…

In some courses in which, maker Alexa Meade could be an old figure painter, duplicating the daylight and shadow that falls on the form during an authentic strategy. Be that as it may she takes a shot at relate degree unprecedented canvas: the specific shape. besides, he or she takes a set up manufacture — trompe l'oeil, the claim to fame of making a two-dimensional portrayal look three-dimensional — and turns it on its head.. Her point is to do to the inverse, to fall profundity and make her…

Every May the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City holds a fund raiser called the Met Gala, hosted by fashion editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour. At this event, the Met’s Costume Institute creates an exhibition of groundbreaking fashion and invites the biggest name in fashion and art. Since 2010, this spectacle has become one of the most publicized events in the industry, but still, the organizers struggle with the perceived legitimacy of fashion design in the world of art. The Costume…

Blaire Beavers Position Paper The cosmetics industry has been dominated by females since its creation; this also means it’s been dominated by idealized women. If you pick up a weekly advertisement for Sephora, odds are you’re going to see a very pale, very skinny, young woman on the front. While in Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly film series show how women are portrayed negatively in the media and its effect on the everyday women, I believe the makeup industry may be on leading the way to…

INTRO In our contemporary society media plays a huge role in defining and denoting different stereotypes, genders and class. It is not often that the media has nothing to say about any given topic especially when it comes to representations of youth. Throughout media young women are commonly portrayed as snobbish, vain and ego-centric queen bee’s or the unfortunate, weak admirers of the reigning queen bees. Characterizations in various movies, literature and social media label teenage girls with…

countries. They explain when magazines gained popularity; “In the United States, up to the mid-1930s, such magazines were largely “trade-papers for home-makers.’”(Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker). True Story, that started in 1919, was for entertainment, while Vogue enhanced society’s perspective of fashion. In addition, Better Homes and Gardens, which started in 1922, informed people about how to take care of their homes and garden (Unwin P, Unwin G, Tucker).…

Bullying has become a common challenge that many are likely to face at some point in their lives. We must strive to end bullying as a whole. Bullying is something to which most people are opposed, but many are not aware that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus (LGBTQ+) community is more likely to be targeted by bullies than heterosexuals are. The New England Journal of Medicine composed a Study of Bullying of Sexual-Minority Youth and found that the sexual minority is…

Andy Warhol, an American artist who painted post-World War II, once said, “Everybody has their own America, and then they have the pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can 't see” (“Sunbeams: Issue 447”). The American Dream incorporates this sense of imagination and hope: it creates motivation to fully commit one’s time and effort in order to accomplish his or her ambitions. Warhol, however, warns people that aspirations requiring hard work can evolve into…

At my form’s Christmas party, my secret Santa brought a shimmering star, filled with an expensive perfume that smells of burned sugar, melting caramel and snow. Someone put a thought into this, took my name literal, in a nice way. I look around, check the faces, smooth images with only names attached: I cannot tell. Tessa and I exchange our presents later, while drinking mulled wine and Whams! Last Christmas is playing for the fifths time. The main lecture hall is dipped in red and fairy lights…