MEDIA and Our Lives

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