a story about body image
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The media, a world of its own full of stories, images, videos and celebrities.
A society that grabs more and more people each day. A tool which merely
focuses on the good and spotlights the bad.
Young boys and girls are
constantly in touch with
the virtual universe of
social media, sending
images through Snapchat,
documenting their daily
occurrences on Facebook, and
even reblogging on Tumblr. As
great as social media is, it has
its downsides, cyber bulling is
becoming more prominent, as
bullies have stepped up their
game and have taken to the
keyboard to sprawl abuse at
unsuspected victims.
Photoshop is the enemy, a
photo manipulation tool,
which make things way too
good to be true. Size 0 super
models pictured in skimpy
clothes all over fashion
magazines stare into the eyes
of girls as young as 11. Before
young girls bodies have even
started changing through
puberty they are influenced by
an idea that this is “beautiful”.
The word beautiful is a broad
term and can relate to a few
thousand things, but I believe
in this sense beauty is feeling
comfortable in your own skin.
Anorexia is a severe eating
disorder, eating disorders are
not beautiful, you are on the
verge of dying. The media
romanticises the idea of seeing
bones through clothing items,
and young girls copy.
Some fashion runways have banned models from their
runways if they are not a size 4 and under. I believe this
type of discrimination is absolutely appalling. If I was
a fashion designer I would want to show off all sorts
of body shapes to explain and show to girls that your
body is beautiful no matter what size you are.
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