This week, we watched a video of an average woman being transformed/photoshopped into model material. That was what caught my attention the most- Being young, well actually up until now, I always believed what I saw in magazines. Beautiful people; I thought they were all truly beautiful. And thinking back to that now, it did honestly kind of depress me in a way. Seeing all of these famous beautiful people, then looking at the average me. But now I understand that they're all probably pretty average themselves and just photoshopped beautiful, or even people with beautiful bodies are just all drugged out, or have terrible eating disorders. I think showing "overly-attractive" people in magaizines isn't good for anyone, I know I certainly feel a little 'average' after reading a magazine. So I'm sure other girls probably do too.
When it comes to my own attitudes on bodies, I wish I didn't have an opinion. I wish no one judged others on the size or shape of their bodies, but that's just the way it is. And I wish that personality over ruled the body, but it doesn't. I think it's terribly pathetic, but that's just the way of America.
Why do you think that's the way of America? What is the ultimate desire behind this focus on outward appearances? Are we afraid that deep down inside, we don't have anything else?
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