From Rebecca:
Being a girl in todays society is hard. There is judgement for everything. Girls get told that they either wear too much makeup or not enough; that they are too fat or too thin. Why are girls’ personalities and looks so important and so hard to reach? Certain ideals of what a girl should look and act like starts when they are children. Parents and loved ones do not usually shop for clothing of their children or even toys until they find out the gender. For girls, it is all about pink, dolls and dresses. They are supposed to be polite and respectful while if a boy acts out, its expected. A lot of pressure is put on adolescents because they must look a certain way. If she does not act feminine enough, it would be assumed that she’s gay. If a girl is super “girly” and loves wearing heels or dresses, she is trying too hard. Girls face not only the judgement of others but even self judgement. You see ads all the time of girls in bikinis and in makeup commercials with a beautiful face. You just wonder, why can’t I look like that. Its hard to gain confidence when society expects you to be perfect. Gender norms can tear a person down. In this photo, a girl has a pink room and just by looking at the background, you would think she is bright and really “girly”. Her face and her mirror show a completely different reality. She searches how to a
normal girl and what it takes to be accepted. She wonders how to make more people like her and there are quotes of what people may say to her if she does not look her best. She is drained, she is over living up to what society expects from her, from a female. Going into more depth and just bouncing ideas. She could be sad that other girls must face this too. That young girls and this new generation are facing gender norms and judgement way more harshly. Everyone has something to say, there is so much hate. We have to change and stop thinking will I ever be good enough.
2 comments:
From.: Faith
Hi Rebecca! I very much enjoyed your photo essay. When I look at your picture, I see a few creative elements that stand out to me. The first one would be the element of gaze. You are not completely looking into the camera, but rather seem to be looking at yourself with a side eye. To me, this is signifying that you lack confidence, and do not want people to be focused on you completely. Another aspect that strikes me as a creative element in your photo is space. You do not take up the whole space, but instead the sticky notes take up the majority of the space. This signifies to me that the space in your mind is taken up with so many negative thoughts about yourself that the real you begins to disappear. The last thing I noted about your photo is the makeup surrounding you. In my opinion this symbolizes the answer to all your sticky notes in society's eyes. Society makes us feel as though we have to alter ourselves in order to be pretty or to fit in. I hope you truly know that you are beautiful in every way, just the way you are!
From sasiya,
I feel the same like you Rebecca. It is hard growing up to be women. I used to be like that and was telling myself to be attractive girl so I can get attention and thoughts people like me because of that but it's not. Color pink of stick notes represent of girl and I would like to add more she wear her top white color that show she is pure, innocent, and young girl. Another one I would like to add is gase about her eyes not looking to the camera, her eyes look down at object that mean negative, less power, not confident, and she might shy. The background all around with make up stuff, beauty stand for women that the way I saw on your pictures she is trying to fit in to be beautiful but it not herself. In my opinion, to be beautiful is from inside more then outside.
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