WHAT IS A ROLE MODEL? According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/,
Main Entry: role model
Function: noun
Date: 1957
: a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others
FEMALES AND BODY IMAGE
Yes, I said females and not young girls or girls in general. Women of every age have issues with their bodies. Have you ever wondered why that is? I have one enormous answer to that question, an answer that everyone knows about and sees on a daily basis. Every time you walk out of the door to go to work, every time you sit down on your couch, everytime you read a magazine. What is this word? MEDIA.
THE MEDIA'S EVIL PLOT TO ROBOTIZE THE EVERYDAY
MEDIA. Still a shocker? No. We all know of the way the media portrays life. A fake life, absent of God, full of materialistic, misogynistic, racists perverts whose main goal in life is to create a world that does not exist. A world where everyone is tan, blonde, and "perfect" in everyway.
REALITY CHECK... NO ONE IS PERFECT
We all have flaws. Yet people reach, stretch, climb over people, bite and claw over this vision of perfection. What do you think of when you hear these words: plastic surgery, thin, model, teeth, and sexy? The Media thinks of MONEY when they hear those words. They bank on the insecurities of people.
BACK TO THE BEGINNING
Role models. Who do you think of when you hear role model? I was watching tv in my dorm thinking about what to write when I came on here and I passed by Vh1's Real Chance of Love 2 and couldn't believe my eyes. Women fighting each other for a couple of men who don't really want them in the first place. People say that men want to stay with a good girl, but they want to play with the bad ones. So WHY do we continue to dumb ourselves down, sex oursleves up and fight for something that's not concrete? Because the Media is all up in our faces everyday telling us that slutty is the way to go. Don't be smart because sexy and pretty is better.
THE TYRA SHOW
As I have said before, females need a role model. I think that some of the episodes (not all, but some) are good for young girls (of whom it is directed). One episode in particular I saw quite a bit ago was about Toddlers in Tiaras. She pointed out the difference between Natural Beauty Pageants and Glitz Beauty Pageants. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fRCH-Ru8dY) One of the girls, when asked if she would rather be pretty or smart and she said, "Pretty".
SO......
I leave you with this question. Who do you want your daughter to imitate? Mylie Cyrus and her stipper pole, reality show hoes, the ever disappearing Barbie, or her mommy and daddy?
Who do you as an adult fashion your life after? Don't let the Media tell you what life and beauty are. Decide that for yourself.
Love always
Syd
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Is Feminism the real "F" Word?
Earlier in the week, we watched this movie called, "I Was a Teenage Feminist". Yet again, I was shocked by how much I did not now about feminist. For as long as I can remember, I have had this thought that being a feminist was something that was negative. My thinking was that all feminists were gay, hated men and refused to shave their legs. This is false. It may be true for some of the radicals out there, but it made me think about the true meaning of being a feminist. The real meaning is " 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes 2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests" according to merriam-webster.com.
In the movie, abortion was a huge topic toward the end. Abortion is a really sticky topic to cover. My opinion on the subject is this... I am first and foremost Pro-Life, but I do believe that women should have the right to decide. I know it seems like I'm contradicting myself, but that's how I feel. Babies should not be killed because the parents (and I do mean parents because it takes two to tango if you know what I mean) made a mistake. I think that if the decision was made not to use some kind of contraceptive and pregnancy was the result then it's the responsibility of the parent/parents to man and/or woman up and handle that responsibility. Now, if the woman decides to go through with an abortion then that's a choice that she will have to live with. So I guess in a nutshell if you have a baby and you don't want it, the best choices from a moral and Christian standpoint are 1)Keep it and 2)Give it up for adoption but you are a human being and as such, you have the right to abort it if you want to, but it's still murder never-the-less.
I think this world would be so much better without inequality. I know for a fact that many people have this same view. That's one of the goals of feminists as I am slowly realizing. I think it's going to take a long time to achieve those goals though. Many of those goals are just within reach. For example, many women have careers now, but they are not as well paying as a man's career. Then there's the whole Glass Ceiling problem keeping women from being in the top positions in the business world. My boyfriend and I had a conversation about women in the workfield. I wanted to get his opinion on the difference between hiring women vs hiring men. His opinion was that if he were an employer for a physically demanding business he would hire the man first because men are naturally stronger than women. So my response to that was "What if the woman was completely parallel to the man mentally and physically". He responded with, "I would still pick the man." When I asked him why, he said, "Because a man's stength is superior to that of a woman". I think that if a woman can parallel a man in anycase then it should be a toss up at to who should get the job....that's comletely fair. If equality exists, (which it does) it should be available for everyone.
I had just heard via youtube.com about Maia Campbell and how she was caught high on drugs prostituting. Her face was everywhere and some derogatory comments were made about her. People were completely ruthless calling her everything in the book. The most shocking part about the whole situation was the fact that there are plenty of male ex-childhood celebrities that have gone on the wrong path, and yet she was outed.
Thanks for reading
Love always
Syd
In the movie, abortion was a huge topic toward the end. Abortion is a really sticky topic to cover. My opinion on the subject is this... I am first and foremost Pro-Life, but I do believe that women should have the right to decide. I know it seems like I'm contradicting myself, but that's how I feel. Babies should not be killed because the parents (and I do mean parents because it takes two to tango if you know what I mean) made a mistake. I think that if the decision was made not to use some kind of contraceptive and pregnancy was the result then it's the responsibility of the parent/parents to man and/or woman up and handle that responsibility. Now, if the woman decides to go through with an abortion then that's a choice that she will have to live with. So I guess in a nutshell if you have a baby and you don't want it, the best choices from a moral and Christian standpoint are 1)Keep it and 2)Give it up for adoption but you are a human being and as such, you have the right to abort it if you want to, but it's still murder never-the-less.
I think this world would be so much better without inequality. I know for a fact that many people have this same view. That's one of the goals of feminists as I am slowly realizing. I think it's going to take a long time to achieve those goals though. Many of those goals are just within reach. For example, many women have careers now, but they are not as well paying as a man's career. Then there's the whole Glass Ceiling problem keeping women from being in the top positions in the business world. My boyfriend and I had a conversation about women in the workfield. I wanted to get his opinion on the difference between hiring women vs hiring men. His opinion was that if he were an employer for a physically demanding business he would hire the man first because men are naturally stronger than women. So my response to that was "What if the woman was completely parallel to the man mentally and physically". He responded with, "I would still pick the man." When I asked him why, he said, "Because a man's stength is superior to that of a woman". I think that if a woman can parallel a man in anycase then it should be a toss up at to who should get the job....that's comletely fair. If equality exists, (which it does) it should be available for everyone.
I had just heard via youtube.com about Maia Campbell and how she was caught high on drugs prostituting. Her face was everywhere and some derogatory comments were made about her. People were completely ruthless calling her everything in the book. The most shocking part about the whole situation was the fact that there are plenty of male ex-childhood celebrities that have gone on the wrong path, and yet she was outed.
Thanks for reading
Love always
Syd
Friday, September 4, 2009
Gettin' Personal
Hello all, Sydney here..also know as Syd to those who prefer the informal. I am a Music Education Major on the Integrated Track here at WKU. I came here because I was told WKU was the best university for music in Kentucky by my beloved orchestra director Dr. Benson. I love music. It is my everything under God, my mother, and family (friends included). My primary instrument is the Viola. (A lot of people don't know what that is...but, it looks like a Violin, but it goes an octave lower and it is slightly bigger...and you play it just like a Violin) I have played the viola for about 8 years now and I absolutely love it. I think the second instrument I would claim would be vocal, and then the Piano. I have a very artsy background. I paint, draw, write poetry, decorate, play and sing music. I love all kinds of music from classical to bluegrass. I love talking about things that are not superficial, things that take a lot of thought and soul searching. I also love talking about silly things too. One can not be serious 24/7 or at least should not be serious 24/7.
I am truly excited to be taking Women's Studies this semester. I think it is going to be an interesting class. I have learned so much already that I was completely in the dark about. I honestly thought that the class would be mainly about menstrual cycles and how bad men are and how abortion is the way to go. But it has definitely turned out to be so much more. I can't wait to learn even more about society, gender study, and race. I have so many opinions about the whole society subject. For example, people are extra shallow now-a-days. We are so worried about self image that our little girls, who are perfectly healthy, look at the women on television who are going on diets (saying that skinny and slutty are the way to go) and say, "Mommy I want to go on a diet so I can be pretty too," and the age of 6. That is really mind blowing. Don't even get me started on the whole Toddlers In Tiaras. One word describes this show...SICK!
Some of the things I have learned already are the way women have pretty much been seen as too weak and too frail to be able to do much. Especially in the not so distant past. We women have rights now, but we are still seen as weak and delicate. We women are not as weak as some may think, actually we are really strong. In some cases stronger than men. (the whole pain threshold along with many other things) I guess I can consider myself to be a feminist in that I want equality for the sexes. I have realized, though, that there are certain things that women can do that men can't do and certain things that men can do that women can't do. That's just a reality, but neither should be descriminated against simply because of their sex.
That is just a little snippet about me, who I am, and what I think about.
Thank you for reading.
Love always
Syd
I am truly excited to be taking Women's Studies this semester. I think it is going to be an interesting class. I have learned so much already that I was completely in the dark about. I honestly thought that the class would be mainly about menstrual cycles and how bad men are and how abortion is the way to go. But it has definitely turned out to be so much more. I can't wait to learn even more about society, gender study, and race. I have so many opinions about the whole society subject. For example, people are extra shallow now-a-days. We are so worried about self image that our little girls, who are perfectly healthy, look at the women on television who are going on diets (saying that skinny and slutty are the way to go) and say, "Mommy I want to go on a diet so I can be pretty too," and the age of 6. That is really mind blowing. Don't even get me started on the whole Toddlers In Tiaras. One word describes this show...SICK!
Some of the things I have learned already are the way women have pretty much been seen as too weak and too frail to be able to do much. Especially in the not so distant past. We women have rights now, but we are still seen as weak and delicate. We women are not as weak as some may think, actually we are really strong. In some cases stronger than men. (the whole pain threshold along with many other things) I guess I can consider myself to be a feminist in that I want equality for the sexes. I have realized, though, that there are certain things that women can do that men can't do and certain things that men can do that women can't do. That's just a reality, but neither should be descriminated against simply because of their sex.
That is just a little snippet about me, who I am, and what I think about.
Thank you for reading.
Love always
Syd
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