Real Beauty

So I went on the Dove website and it is actually really cool. I found a lot of awesome advertisements but I liked this one, so I posted it. Girls are put under a lot of pressure and have so many issues with their bodies all the time. Some more than others of course, but I think that it is true that if girls were told they are beautiful they would feel better about themselves. I think it all starts with girls feeling poorly because often they do not fit the criteria for what is portrayed to be the ideal image. The media sends messages that girls have to look a certain way, so I really support dove in their campaign for real beauty. 

How Humans Effect Eachother

Without nurture, humans are missing an essential part of themselves. We need human contact and we need experiences to learn from. Humans cannot rely only on nature, the importance of nurture is very significant. If you do not give a baby nurture then it cannot learn some of the human qualities that we all grow up to understand. This is why neglect falls into the category of abuse. Neglecting a child can cause just as much damage as physical or mental abuse.

Tuesdays With Morrie

Ever since we watched this movie in class I have been thinking about Morrie and all of the concepts that he presents a lot. The idea of work in our society holds an importance in who we are. How much money someone makes and their job title has became a persons definition. 

When people introduce each other, often they say:

"This is my son Michael, he is a doctor"

or "This is Sally, she is studying at NYU"

This starts at a very young age, where job titles take over a person. Society is let to believe that money and job titles are what is important. However, we cannot let these things define us. Morrie could do a million things with his life, but being a teacher made him happy and the amount of money he was making did not matter. The phrase "Money does not make you happy" is ignored a lot of the time, but people should really look into the reality of this quote and they will realize that it is true. You can put all of your energy into a job, or work hard in school but you must ask yourself, where is this going to get me? Am I happy where I am? You have to enjoy life, work is not as important as happiness.

Different Groups Within Our Society..

Yesterday was my friend's birthday and she absolutely loves thrift shops and all that hippie stuff so we decided to go down to belmont and clark. We took the CTA down there and figured out how to get around. We went to a bunch of really cool record stores, thrift shops, boutiques, and cafes. It was a lot of fun. In the beginning the whole artsy vibe really kicked in to me. It made me want to bring out this artistic side in me, that I never believed I had. The feeling of being in this area that I was unfamiliar with really fascinated me. However, it started to get darker outside and I have to admit I started getting creeped out a little. There were transvestites walking around, Gothic people screaming, random homeless people playing music on the streets, and everyone just stood there bumming cigarettes from one and other. I felt out of place and uncomfortable, so my friends and I decided to take the subway down to state street. On the subway at nine o' clock and night I sat there awkwardly looking and all the different types of people on the train. I wondered where they came from, where they were going, and how they became frequent subway riders. I wondered what qualified someone as being a skecthy person on the train, and what they were all thinking of me. I contemplate my thoughts for a while and I looked around and I realized that everyone is just going about their own lives on the subway. Peoples seemed to either be talking to their friend, on their cell phone, or lost in their own thoughts. I decided that if i let myself sink in to that, to become part of the frequent subway riders I probably would not look or feel so awkward. I talked to my friends for the rest of the ride and i tried to let the feelings I had slip away.