My Animoto

Work Cited:
Edwards, Zena. SO TWO GIRLS WALK INTO A VEGGIE SHOP.... 2011. Photograph. blogger.comWeb. 26 Sep 2012. <http://zena-edwards-travelling-

What some teenage girls see in the mirror~photo commentary. 2012. Photograph. wanderings.netWeb. 26 Sep 2012. <http://www.wanderings.net/blog/posts/what-teen-girls-really-see-in-the-mirror-photo-commentary

Swimsuit models of the 1940s. 2010. Photograph. tumblr.comWeb. 26 Sep 2012. <http://atompunk.tumblr.com/post/887184757/sisterkate-swimsuit-models-of-the-1940s

France Model Ban. 2008. Photograph. blogspot.comWeb. 26 Sep 2012. <http://cuseclothesline.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html>.

5 Essential Questions.

I chose this topic to inform people of anorexia in teenagers because of the media and models. The number of people with anorexia has increased over 20 years. This is because of advertisements. In the 1940's, not all models had "thigh gaps", so why are they so important to have now? Everyone wanted to have curves and "thick" but now it's about being "skinny" or "thin". Some questions that I have will help explain what happened and how it can be changed again.

Essential questions:

 

1.      Why do young teenagers want to be sickly thin?

2.      If more teenagers are starting to become anorexic, why hasn’t anyone stopped promoting advertisements to be 'thin'?

3.      How should this be taking care of?

4.      Should the media be the one to blame?

5.      What if everyone thought of their appearance as perfect?

Wordle #2

Works Cited:

Oz, Mehmet. "Dying to be thin: Meet the skinniest women in America." The Dr. Oz Show. share care, 06 Mar 2012. Web. 27 Sep 2012. http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/dying-be-thin-meet-skinniest-women-america.

. "Anorexia In-Depth Report." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 2008. Web. 27 Sep 2012. http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/anorexia-nervosa/print.html.

 

Baumen, Valerie. "'Wannarexic' girls yearn for eating disorder." USA TODAY. space.com, USA weekend, 07 Aug 2008. Web. 27 Sep 2012. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-08-04-wannarexic_N.htm.

Stanglin, Douglas. "Israrli Knesset bans ads with underwight models." uastoday.com. Gannett CO, 21 Mar 2012. Web. 27 Sep 2012. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/03/israeli-knesset-bans-ads-with-underweight-models/1.

Story Behind My Topic

Would you really want to slowly kill yourself just to look a certain way? Girls are “Proana” and literally starving themselves skinny. Models and dream bodies are certain weights and sizes. Teenage girls can be very self-conscious, so why are anorexic models figures desired by so many girls? Being that skinny is in no way healthy, nor safe. You are slowly shutting your body down each organ at a time. As I was watching Dr. Oz, a man was promoting anorexia. His name is James, and he created a website to help women continue the lifestyle of being anorexic. Dr. Oz’s reaction to some of the pictures and poems were concerned. He said, “What scares me about this is that for anorexics, these words are like drugs.” Why would you want to support such a bad habit? Why do people want girls to feel so bad about them that they start to starve themselves to death? Why is the “average girl” skinny and her bones are visible? If a girl is “curvy” or does not have certain bones showing, then she is “fat”? This is the way teenage girls think and feel. Sometimes, if a girl does not have a “perfect physique” they can go into a depression. This might lead to a serious stage of anorexia and sometimes to self-harm. Is this just a trend, or is it the official body? This problem has not been around for more than twenty years, because years ago, girls wanted to be “curvy” or “thick”. Why has that all of the sudden changed? What should a woman look like? Unfortunately, this question cannot be answered because of different opinions. The questions that can be answered are”Why are girls trying to be at an unhealthy skinny stage?”, “Is it just a trend?”, and “Will there ever be a “phase” when girls are the way they are and everyone likes it?”