Killing us Softly
After watching the short clip on Killing us Softly it took me back to a young teen and made me reflect all the way through my life and how advertising has played a role in my life and effected my self esteem. When I was a young teen I would buy all the magazines and rip out the advertisements and pin them to my wall. I always strived to look perfect like these girls/women. They were "perfect" so I thought. Not until later when I learned about airbrushing and photo editing. I suffered from eating disorders and was always striving to be like them. I didn't have my mom telling me this wasn't realistic and telling me I was beautiful like I was. Instead she always was encouraging me to lose weight and had me dieting with her at the age of 15. I am so glad I am more educated as an adult so I can teach my daughter that beauty comes in all sizes and shapes and that what you see half the time isn't even how these people really are in real life. It was interesting to hear that Cindy Crawford even said i wish i looked like Cindy Crawford. Even supermodels have imperfections and are not perfect. What disturbs me the most are these models that are still working with bones protruding and that are at the weight of children. I hope that more companies will take on the role like dove and show "real women".
I feel like we think alike in so many ways! I completely agree with everything you said in your reflection to this video. It's great that you have more knowledge now so that you can teach your daughter at a young age how realistic some of the models and ads are so she doesn't have to strive to be perfect all the time and can live happy. I used to do the same thing, and I have to say, it's pretty tiring trying to be perfect all the time when most likely we won't achieve the look were trying because it is fake!
ReplyDeleteI liked that quote by Cindy Crawford as well. I watched a video recently which showed a picture of a women undergoing a photoshop transformation. Not only did they make her skinnier, even out her skin tone, and enlarge her breasts, they also made her legs longer, and her eyes larger and set further apart. I don't even understand the need for models when every aspect of their bodies are changed! Don't we have the technology to just create digital models? Or would that be too "fake"?
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