Tip number one, delivers natural-looking, uniform lightening for an all over color look in one simple step. Is what the hair color box promises us before we change our color. It promotes color shine and reduces grays. But is that really important to a 13 year old who is about to make that decision? In this photo is a picture of my 13 year old cousin who is sitting in her room wondering if she should really change her hair color. She has her favorite magazines flipped out all over her desk debating on this decision. Why is it that young girls feel the need to change they way they look so young? It's pretty clear that the media has portrayed a certain image in our society that girls should not only dress a certain way but their hair must look a certain way either long or shiny but always looking it's best. I captured the photo as a side viewing to demonstrate how the media is really taking over. With her magazines flipped to her favorite models and her hair products such as her hair straighter laying out in the open to show how young teens are really influenced by their favorite products. Is the quote "don't judge a book by it's cover" true? If so, than why are so many people changing their "cover"?
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I really like the quote Lauren used in her photo statement, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” When meeting someone for the first time, us as society do judge appearance first. Then Lauren stated why are so many people trying to change their cover. I think media does have a big part in why young girls try to change how they look, because they do look up to these girls they see in magazines and on television. The girl in this photo is seeing a shiny haired beautiful woman and thinking her hair will look the same after dying it, but in reality this photo on the hair color box is fabricated. Many don’t think about it when looking through magazines and watching television that a lot of the photos are touched up and airbrushed, to make it perfect. I also think at the age of thirteen (which is the age of the girl in the photo) that many females and even males are trying to find out who they are. This is the age where they are moving from middle school to high school, and many like to experiment with their looks, what kind of friends they want to have, and what kind of clothing they want to wear and feel comfortable in. With many young teens they go through this stage of trying knew things until they settle with what they like before what the media likes. Then majority of the time they will take their new look and make it to medias standards of that particular style or look.
I think this picture really hits the bullseye on how a young girl is affected by the media. We're not good enough for them. It's the message they sell us every day. Is our hair the right color, is our skin the right shade, are we skinny enough? The background of this photo shows this girl is sitting in her own bedroom.It looks like a normal room for any teenager, but it shows us just how far the media has crept into our lives. The magzines seem to show us how to beautify ourselves but also act as our own personal judges. Only they can deem us worthy. The girl looks as if she succumbing under the pressure of pop culture. The way she's holding herself shows just how indescisive she is. Without even realizing it she is grappling with this ideal beauty subconsciously. Half of this picture shows the media's influence. How they can get you at any time and any place no matter what age group you're in. The other half shows us the natural state; the "before" photo in which the girl hasn't yet decided to follow the path the media has set out for her.
I agree strongly with this picture. I think its really sad that young girls feel the need to alter their natural beauty to try and conform to the "beauty" they portay in the media. It makes people wonder how far young girls will go to look like these models in the media. I think that age 13, the last thing a young girl should be concerned about is how she looks. The media is distorting the ideas of young girls into thinking that you have to look like these images in the magazines or you are an outcast.
I agree with the statement that media has truley influenced young girls significantly today. The images seen in magazines or presented in commercials are forcing girls to achieve a somewhat impossible look. A 13 year old girl should not have to feel pressure to dye her hair , change her natural beauty , simply to fit the media's idea of beauty.
This is probably the prime age that young girls start to really be influnced by things such as the media. They want to look like the models and the movie stars they see in magazines and on TV. I think the picture does a good job in showing how the media influences girls. Girls want to go completely blond because that is what is portrayed as pretty and sexy in magazines. They also want to be dangerously thin because they see that everywhere and wear lots of makeup. In our society the media has a huge influence on our young girls, their should be better role models to look up to.
I like this picture. It shows a young girl truly in their natural habitat. The girl has makeup and magazines on her dresser. She is a thin girl with a mirror in front of her. Girls, especially young ones, are consistantly looking in the mirror. I take the angle of the picture to mean that at such a young age, that they have to like what they see.
Magazines do alot to the mind of a young one. Here we see a thirteen year old that is going to dye her hair. but why? why does a thirteen want to change the way she looks. Thats so young to want to change the way you look. Being natural is never looked at as beng good anymore like it used to.
It is almost sad that at such a young age girls are wanting to complete change their looks. Youth has become such a huge part in society that you need to look your youngest as well as your best. The table she is sitting around is full of constant reminders of picture of women who are computerized beautiful as well as the woman on the hair product box. Sometimes as women I feel we forget how important our youth is and how using all these products in the end speed it up.
This picture is proof that the media has distorded the minds of young girls. Most girls will do anything to do look like the models in the magazines, from dying their hair to going on diets. At the age of 13, one shouldnt be having to worry about these kinds of things. They should just be having fun, and not have to worry about how they look compared to the girls in the magazines.
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