"Devastating Beauty"

In the essay the writer talks about the effect that advertisements are having on young girls. They discuss how women are seeing themselves as unhealthy and feel they need to reach an almost unattainable shape. I feel this is how young girls are seeing themselves. Girls are now trying to emulate models on TV that are unnaturally skinny. Advertisers see this as normal because of how much money the clothing industry brings in. They also see this type of body as natural because it is all most of them are around. They do not see a “normal” body shape.

             

Who is willing to be the Rosa Parks of the fashion industry?

The writer mentions how we need a boycott of goods with models like this on them. They compare it to what happened in the 1960s and the civil rights movement, mentioning that we need someone to act as Rosa Parks did to kick it into gear. While I don’t feel like this is anywhere close to what was happening in the 60s (and long before), I do feel that this is a big social issue that needs to be fixed, and fixed soon.

Who is willing to be the Rosa Parks of the fashion industry? And to stand up for all the young girls receiving the wrong message.