The Skinny

can not see anything actually healthy or talking about health in the cover. Not only are they portraying the typical image of a skinny woman, but they're going so far as to call it healthy. Instead of actually promoting health, the scheming message this magazine is giving, is actually making people, particularly, women have unhealthy behavior. Healthy for a woman means skinny, and not really muscular. It doesn't mention anything about going to the gym, or having muscular anything, besides the…

the King of France, the First Estate, and the Second Estate. For example, in the political cartoon titled, “The People Under the Old Regime,” three fat people are riding on the back of a skinny person (Doc A). The three fat people represent the King of France, the First Estate, and the Second Estate while the skinny person represents the Third Estate. The image demonstrates how unfair the social system of France before the French Revolution was because it shows the Third Estate as a starving,…

Media portrays numerous messages such as feminism that target women than men. With the rise of the female protagonist movie, some media challenge the female stereotype to have bravery to become robust and powerful without the need of protection by muscular men. However, young girls experience restrictions that when they grow up, they will not have an opportunity to become independent with leadership skills. Instead, media such as Disney persuade young girls to live their lives as a princess.…

FATS, LEANS, AND IN-BETWEENS <> "Let me have about me men that are fat," writes Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous." Now, it may not be true that lean people are more thoughtful, or that thinking people are more dangerous, but Shakespeare knew that, in people's minds, at least, certain personality characteristics are associated with certain body types. It has long been thought that fat people are content…

didn’t seem like it belonged. The ad was a tall blonde woman who was incredibly skinny and the headline read “Are you beach body ready?”. Seeing that poster repeatedly made me convince myself that I should buy the product it so I could be skinny like her. Later on the more I looked at the poster I just remembered no one looks that. The picture has to be photoshopped because I know perfectly well she is not that skinny! Ads like that and Victoria Secret commercials are oppressing towards woman…

Society’s Obsession with Perfection: Impact of Media on Self Image Magazine’s line the shelves of nearly every grocery store, enhanced with beautiful models flaunting their skinny frames, big breasts and flawless complexions. Social media feeds are stocked with an endless amount of women boasting about their latest exercise routines and diets they swear by. Television has become nothing but twenty minute long commercials, endorsing their latest beauty product with promise to transform you…

I did not give much thought to my biological sex during childhood. My first major reminder that I was a biological female was when I started puberty around age twelve. This was an external reminder that my body was transitioning from girl to woman. To me, the word ‘sex’ can be described as the genetic makeup of the chromosomes inside the human body. If you are a biological male you have XY chromosomes, and if you are a biological female you have XX chromosomes. I like that nowadays girls and…

when we start getting ideas and messages from the outside world. Our biggest influencers are our family members. Some of us might have parents who are always looking at themselves in the mirror and might say things like "I'm too fat" or "I'm too skinny." Children see this and start judging themselves as they grow up. There are many people who also compare themselves to celebrities, models, and actors, wishing they could look like them. Parents attitudes towards themselves trickle down to their…

argument, when used in media, it can change the way information is perceived. By way of example, Photographer of ‘horrible thin’ polar bear hopes to inspire climate change fight (CBC) is far more biased towards fighting climate change than, Photographing skinny polar bears: First person (OD news) by title and contexts. That is to say, the first quote is much more personal and imposing of a particular opinion on the topic, while the second quote…

The newest trend on social media that has been occurring this year is the saying, “It is 2017,” followed by an event representing the human society becoming more civilized and equalized as a whole. An example of this trend is “it is 2017 and same sex marriage has been legalized.” This trend is promoting the strides society has taken to become more inclusive and humane. However, a topic that has never come up in one of the trending statements is the outlook society has on women, most likely…