By now, most young adults have realized that the cartoons they watched as children weren’t as innocent as they once appeared. From the innumerable penises littering Spongebob Squarepants, to the subliminal sex messages in The Lion King, each …
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Selfie Loathing
Social Media has become the center of many young women’s lives. In particular Instagram has been on the rise with young women. 53% of Internet-using adults aged 18-29 are on Instagram (Duggan et al.) And …
Gender in Sports
Like many of the American Girl doll time periods, todays standards for these social standards are developed during girlhood. This article on Upworthy tells a story about a father coaching his daughters all girls t-ball …
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A “Perfect” Image
Image is a significant part of any girl’s childhood. Girls grow up trying to find who they are through their own discoveries about themselves and, sadly, the opinions of others. In today’s society, along with …
Media’s Attack on Girls
Although the conversation of the media’s harmful messages on body image for young girls and women has become more and more prominent, little has seemed to change. Girls are constantly told that if they are …
The One with the Negative Body Image
People today, especially young girls, are pressured to look a certain way in which society considers beautiful, creating an array of negative body images and insecurities. In Kelly Hager’s Keywords for Children’s Literature essay on …
Race, gender and beauty in Beyonce’s “Lemonade”
Beyonce’s latest record, accompanied by a full length visual album, though buzzed about for its hints at a cheating scandal, was also brimming with notions of race, class, gender and inequality. Most clearly linked to our …
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Social Media and Body Image
I have decided to relate the keyword “body” and The Bluest Eye with a video posted by Common Sense Media. In the video, the narrator said “girls feel more pressured to be camera ready”. This …