I love taking collage classes they really make you think and they give me something to write about at 8:45 in the morning. What am I going on about today? Well the increase in women getting cosmetic surgery to look like the women on TV. This is a topic I have talked about in 3 different classes so far this past year so I’m thinking it’s a huge problem.

I’m going to go from personal experience with this one. All of my life I have been overweight and a little depressed because of it. I was one of those teens that thought if I looked like that girl on TV everyone would like me. They would want to be my friend. Instead of doing what some girls do I did what the rest of them do. I ate to make myself feel better. Chocolate cake and ice cream can do wonders to make you feel like your okay. Now I’m 25 years old and diabetic. Do I blame the TV? A little, if they had shown bigger girls and not tiny models and actresses I may have felt better. Even if they were just normal sized girls I would have felt better because the size difference would not have been as drastic.

Some people say the media should change their ways and show healthy models, but many mostly men that I have talked to say they should just keep it the way it is. Thanks guys! I have noticed that they are changing things, women are shown at a more healthy weight and even the fashion industry is getting in on it. There is still some improvement needed but it’s going in the right direction.

So I’m asking you all, what do you think, should the media change it’s ways and show bigger women healthy women or should things stay the same?

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I am really really tired and I was hoping to go to sleep, but my poor mom is having chest pain and we can’t figure out what it is, she can’t breath well it hurts to sit down, she can’t lay down. Pretty much she’s miserable when she’s trying to relax. The only time it goes away is when she stands up.

So now I’m waiting to see if she wants to go to the hospital. I have to drive her so I’m hoping I’m awake enough. I will probably sleep in my cloths I had on today just in case. I’m worried about her but she took some pain meds and is waiting to see if they work better. I’m thinking it may be better if I sleep on the couch.

Anyway since I’m up I decided to check out my online class again and found some interesting things. One person was talking about market research that he found that said young girls are extremely influenced by what they see on TV. This got me thinking. There are many girls my little brother knows that think they are fat, there maybe a size 7 or 8 and they see themselves as fat. I don’t get it. I guess I’m a cow compared to them. I really just hate what the media has done to young girls. That is one reason I’m fat. I gave up and decided I was never going to look like that, by that time I was so depressed that it really didn’t matter. I wish things could change, but as one of the men said, he doesn’t see why they need to: “Men have a right to look at good looking women and should be able to.” It’s that mindset that is preventing change.

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