Kim Kardashian

scandals and are made in a way to appeal to our new way of reading: big headlines, short articles and a lot of pictures. That is the reason why this industry makes so much money. Yes people are reading, but how is knowing what is going on with Kim Kardashian helps in our intellectual life. Therefore, the things that we are reading are contributing to our passive mind because we do not have to analyze it or question…

Influence or Influenced? The Dictionary.com definition of pop culture is “Cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general mass of people.” But it is so much more than that. Pop culture has become a way of life for most Americans. It may look like it is reflecting the general public, but it the general public is more influenced by pop culture than pop culture is by the general public. Pop culture doesn’t give the people a voice. When…

The video was full of other powerful celebrities such as Chrissy Teigen, Kim Kardashian, and Ciara. Fergie decided to write a song about powerful and successful moms after the birth of her son Axl. She chose to express herself by making a sexy music video with other sexy mothers. The goal was to show the world that a woman could…

People often judge others because of their weight, but if we look towards reality our weight does not determine our health, so why discriminate. Girls are told they have a pretty face, but they would be prettier if they would skinny. Skinny does not make people pretty, if we let social dictate how we see ourselves we are always going to be unhappy. Women want to look like the girls in the magazine, when the girl on the magazine does not even like the girl on the magazine. As women we let society…

in today’s perfection-driven society, men are told to go to the gym, bulk up, and get bulging muscles. For women, society encourages them to lose weight and be skinny. For example, Lovejoy states, “we’re encouraged to lose the… weight because Kim Kardashian did so in record time; and we’re urged to get fit by Summer.” In order to achieve that standard of getting skinny by summer, losing weight fast, and bulking up muscles, everyday people must resort to unhealthy measures such as anorexia, and…

Spoiled Rotten: Parents give, Children take, Everyone loses Watching a Netflix documentary “Living on One Dollar” last winter with my family made us reevaluate how we were living our lives. My husband and I grew up in single parent homes and my husband, born and raised in Mexico, especially knew what it was like to live life below the line of poverty. My 7 year-old son on the other hand had a different point of view. Being into Bear Grylls from “Man vs. Wild,” my son saw the people living in…

Living in today’s technology-filled world there is a great amount in the rise of social media. Social media can have its benefits, but it affects a large amount of teenagers in a negative way. Being a teenager in this day and time, you are basically trying to prove yourself to people around the same age as you. Teenagers spend an excessive amount of time on social media. For generation people have always tried to do something to be accepted by others. Social media introduces one more environment…

Perfect Body With an alarming 50 percent of 3-to-6 year old girls worrying about their weight, it makes you wonder, what are we doing wrong? (Hanes). If I were to ask you, what do you consider the perfect body, how would you respond? Most girls would reply: thin body, skinny waist, and big breasts. In today’s society, the media controls all aspects of our lives. From popular Smartphone applications such as Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr to advertisements and movies, the media has managed to…

It is an interesting topic, a topic that media seems to be so interested in. In 2011, the most controversial topic that year was the 72-day-marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. This alarming news made divorce seem like such a common, simple issue to be dealt with in no time. Divorce seems to be increasing each year, especially since this issue has become less taboo in more recent years. With the amount of divorces occurring each year, it is impossible not to wonder what causes them.…

Do The Benefits of Reality Television Outweigh Its Costs? In many first world countries, it is uncommon for a household to not own a TV. For many Americans, watching TV is their main form of entertainment. Every TV show that airs has millions of viewers. Among the sitcoms, crime shows, and game shows that air on television networks, reality TV is high in popularity. According to Newswise, reality TV shows are getting around 18 million viewers, and that was in 2003 (Newswise)! Because nearly…