Comments on: Self-awareness http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/199 (Not actually disgruntled.) Mon, 10 May 2010 03:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gruntled http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/199/comment-page-1#comment-5756 Gruntled Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:50:35 +0000 http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/199#comment-5756 The media and our culture does put a lot of pressure on girls, but I don't think it's a case for burning your fashion mags; It's more along the lines of *not* trying to be what we see... The media and our culture does put a lot of pressure on girls, but I don’t think it’s a case for burning your fashion mags; It’s more along the lines of *not* trying to be what we see…

]]> By: Angie B http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/199/comment-page-1#comment-5745 Angie B Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:24:54 +0000 http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/199#comment-5745 I was just about to rant about the current state of popular media, and the unhealthy expectations it imposes on young girls, and then I realized: I--like many women--had the same body-image issues growing up, when the standard for beauty was slightly different. I guess it has something to do with being female, or an American female, at least. I don't know. I hear from other people with young girls, that their daughters are self-aware of the size of their thighs, the waist, etc. at an early age. It just breaks my heart. I guess in some respects it is normal, but this image-obsessed culture we live in is like throwing gasoline on a fire. I don't suppose I'm telling you anything you don't already know--I just had to rant anyway. And I think I'm going to burn my fashion magazines. How's that? I was just about to rant about the current state of popular media, and the unhealthy expectations it imposes on young girls, and then I realized: I–like many women–had the same body-image issues growing up, when the standard for beauty was slightly different. I guess it has something to do with being female, or an American female, at least. I don’t know.

I hear from other people with young girls, that their daughters are self-aware of the size of their thighs, the waist, etc. at an early age. It just breaks my heart. I guess in some respects it is normal, but this image-obsessed culture we live in is like throwing gasoline on a fire.

I don’t suppose I’m telling you anything you don’t already know–I just had to rant anyway. And I think I’m going to burn my fashion magazines. How’s that?

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