Children's Beauty Pageants

In my women’s studies class we have been talking about children’s beauty pageants and how they affect a child’s self esteem. Most parents who choose to put their children in these ridiculous pageants where the child doesn’t look like a kid but looks like a 20 year old woman think that their children are getting a self esteem boost through this. It makes no sense to me that parents would think that making a 10 year old girl wear makeup and veneers so that you can’t see what the child really looks like behind all of that would make them have a better sense of what makes them beautiful. Even if the parents don’t see that as a problem for their girls what about the fact that there is only one winner and x amount of losers? Wouldn’t that alone crush a child’s self esteem, having a random panel of people tell them that they are not pretty enough? I think that children’s beauty pageants do more harm than they do good. Most girls walk away from it feeling like they are not beautiful enough and therefore will be losers in life. I feel like this is something that children shouldn’t be put through I understand that there is a possibility that the kids could make some money but I think that the psychological trauma that they are exposed to isn’t worth it. There are other ways of getting money that will contribute to a little girl having low self esteem.

YaY Everyones a REPORTER!!!

Recently many people have been reporting the news even without having a digital camera they still manage to do it. I remember last year when Heath Ledger died I didn’t find out from E News or channel 2 I found out from Perezhilton.com. Regular people reporting the news is something that has just recently started. I don’t know if it is the best thing that anyone can report the news because everyone is biased and they may report things from only their perspective. However it is pretty cool sometimes to get the news in an interesting and sometimes humorous way rather than just listening to some monotone person reading lines. I think that for some being able to report the news is a piece of their American Dream so in a way it is a good thing. They get to do something that they like without having to go to school to actually do it and some like Perez Hilton actually become famous just by reporting the news in an original way. I guess everyone being able to report the news is something that can be annoying at times but its also pretty amazing that we live in place where anyone can report the news even with their crazy opinions without being prosecuted.

Dirty Secrets

1. The site is really interesting to see the things that people would reveal on a website because they know that they are going to remain anonymous. Some of the post cards were really funny while others really made me feel uncomfortable.

2. The visuals were almost ironic I found this especially true in the postcard that had the man and women where her secret is that she has a husband that is serving life in prison. It just wasn’t a secret that I expected because of the image but then again it made a lasting impression because it was so ironic.

3. The writing is very important because it explains the secret that the person wanted to bring across. If the authors of the post card would have just posted a picture everyone would have had their own interpretation of what the picture meant. The words really just help the audience understand what the secret really was.

4. The words were more important to me because it brought even more humor to the pictures. The images alone would not have had the effect that they did with the words and images.

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In my eyes what this is arguing is that despite the fact that she is a prostitute and objectifying her body that’s not what is important to her, the thing that is important to her is looking good for the man that she is with at all times. In that short sentence she lets the audience know that us as women always have to look good for men even if it means getting up while they are sleeping to freshen up so that we always look good for them.