The photo I choose to submit is one of my little sister, Jaclyn. The reasoning behind choosing this photo over the countless other's I have of her is because it was a candid shot which exposed how I truly feel about how the media is ruining childhood. The media, is our cultural ideal of what a man or a woman should be, this includes how they should act and what the should wear. It trickles down even further to count in what we play with, who we talk to, what we may or may not read and how we view ourselves in day to day life. The subject in my photograph is only twelve years old and yet, already she feels the need to wear heavy make up and imitate celebrity fashion. Eye shadows, liners, mascara and though you can't see it she was wearing a bright red lipstick as well. The media has dictated all of this right down to her playing with her My Littlest Pet Shop. However, inside all of the media fire that she should be this way, that she needs make up, low cut shorts and a low cut shirt to get noticed. As evident in the photo as well, she continues to feed into the media stereotype set for her by reading a book about a young girl who ends up having to hide who she is (including gender) in order to pay off a debt in which she ends up falling in love with the "Prince" of the Host Club.
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