In "Two Kinds", the daughter is expected to be a child prodigy because her mother believes "you can be anything you want in America". The mother sees other children with amazing talents and thinks her child could be just as talented, if not more so. She continually places pressure on her daughter to be some kind of prodigy. The daughter is expected to be a great beauty with unmatched dance abilities, an untapped wealth of useless information, and piano-playing skills like no other. In "Girl", the expectations are much lower, but just as stringent.
Plastic Surgery; Women in Today’s Media Plastic Surgery has increasingly become more acceptable, more attainable, and the fastest growing trend in young women in today’s society. Plastic surgery is becoming more and more popular among younger women because of what they see as acceptable in our society. Last year, twenty three year old, reality television star, Heidi Montag went under the knife for a second time, the first being four years ago, to undergo ten major procedures in one day. Heidi sacrificed her safety and possibly her life just to achieve what she has said as an “improved version of herself,” in her post surgery interview on Good Morning America; but what others have said is too drastic, too dangerous, and at too young of an age. I contend that socialization theory, social cognitive theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and the agenda setting theory have all assisted the media in promoting and encouraging these drastic and life threatening surgeries as only a small sacrifice in achieving the ultimate ideal of beauty.
She has done her best at milking her fifteen minutes of fame for all that its worth. Heidi is a reality television personality who attained stardom as one of the original cast members of the MTV series The Hills. At first look, many would see her and think she is native of Southern California, with her blonde hair blue eyes and massive breasts. However, she was born in Crested Butte, Colorado. Although she has not been on television for a couple of years now, she always seems to pop up in the news with some kind of nonsense.
Little did our country know, that 40 years later, children as young as 6 months would be competing in beauty pageants. 1960 was the mark of the first child beauty pageant in the U.S. and it started a major American trend. The death of Jon Benet Ramsey in 1996, child beauty pageants have been a hot topic for debate. Ramsey’s death opened a new door to the skepticism of beauty pageants by allowing the media into the world of child beauty pageants through a more curious eye. TLC’s hit show “Toddlers & Tiaras” has captured the drama and exploitation in the world of child beauty pageants.
Beauty pageants are a needless aspect in society simply because they put a big emphasis on money, set unrealistic beauty standards for easily influenced young girls, and they encourage judging on appearance, rather than on a person's character. Child beauty pageants are fun to watch. The cute little girls all dressed up in their tiny gowns, dancing, singing, and prancing around. The pageants consist of modeling sportswear, evening attire, dance and talent. For most parents and their little girls it is just good fun.
Brenda Reis Professor Record Composition II 27 February 2014 The Fifty Shades of a Cultural Phenomenon E.L. James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in the suburbs of West London. Since January 2012, her life has taken an extraordinary turn with the runaway success of the Fifty Shades trilogy, sending this erotica author E.L. James straight to the top of the highest-earning authors list. The Fifty Shades of Grey author earned $95 million in the past year (Forbes Magazine). It all started when James went to see the movie Twilight. She enjoyed the movie and soon read all the books and felt in love.
At a young age, Shakira was rejected from her school choir because the teacher believed she sounded like a goat, but that didn’t stop the young and brave girl from trying. 10 years later she became one of the most successful artists in Latin America, winning the hearts of millions of people and proving the choir director from her school wrong. This proves that one can achieve anything they desire if they set their minds to it. Now that shakira is a multi-millionaire, she is strictly dedicated to charity and education for children. In January 2014, she built her sixth school in Latin America for underdeveloped children.
Perhaps if Hollie Avil had received the appropriate praise for being the Junior World and European champion in 2007, she would have had the strength to overcome her anorexia before it resulted in stress fractures in both her shins. Our society’s perception of female athletes isn’t only affecting current sportswomen but also those girls who have the potential to be the rising stars of tomorrow. This past summer Jessica Ennis became the Olympic gold
It was a struggle at first when they couldn’t find the right kind of sand to make art with, and when they finally did, it was almost too expensive. Kseniya practiced for four to five hours a day for three months in a small house they had rented. In 2009 Kseniya presented a sand story called “Circus” and was chosen as one of the 50 competitors of “Ukraine’s Got Talent” semi-final. During the show she performed a story about the Great Patriotic War which got her into the finals. She became a winner of the show after her performance of the story about not forgetting your mother and father in the finals.
Multi-million copies of “Twilight “on DVD was released . The movie was a major favorite for teens in America and all over the world. Winner list of 2009 MTV Movie Awards: Best Movie: "Twilight" Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart, "Twilight" Breakthrough Performance Male: Robert Pattinson, "Twilight" Best Fight: Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, "Twilight" Best Kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "Twilight" The movie “Twilight” which was released in November 21, 2008 starring Kristen Stewart and Billy Pattinson is a love story about a mortal girl and a vampire. The movie is about a teen girl, Bella Swan, that moves from Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with her father. She starts school there and meets mysterious classmate, Edward, who seems determined to push her away but eventually they come to like each other.