Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Tying it all together


Susan Douglas' Where The Girls Are: Growing Up Female In The Mass Media

Mrs. Douglas piece was not all together inaccurate but I will argue that she seems a very insecure woman. As I read the excerpt I could only envision a overweight and angry woman who is jealous of the popularity and good looks of the other women around her. The mass media does indeed put unrealistic images of beauty out there …. but not just for women. What about men? The manly man on mass media is a muscular Adonis most likely on some form of steroids but advertising that he got that way all naturally. What Mrs Douglas needs to do same as the rest of us is just take the mass media for what it is.. Fake. Don't worry about that image of unrealistic beauty and learn to become comfortable in your own body. If you don't like being fat try exercising or stop eating so much while you complain online about how unfair life is.

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