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Danni Colello
my blog will show you the mind of a young developing writer.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Maya Angelou
my blog will show you the mind of a young developing writer.
I’m going to share my introduction for the research project and maybe you guys can give me some idea’s of how to develop it a bit more. I would appreciate any feedback.
This is America. This is the land of the free. This is what I’m told to look like and dress like. This is how I’m told to respond to men. This is the role I’m supposed to play. Growing up as a young girl in America the media has become a part of everyday life. We are constantly on some form of media. Weather that be social media, TV, the radio, or images young women are always being bombarded with structuralizing views that come from men. There are so many shows and movies that little girls are basically addicted to that subliminally are teaching them what behavior is and is not acceptable in Americas society. The media glorifies abusive/ toxic friendships to create a social norm for young girls. I feel that the rest of my project is pretty well written. I use two examples of media to show how young girls are subliminally shown what’s socially acceptable between friends. I feel that I should probably add in that although the friends reconcile and apologize to each other they still are tolerating this toxic behavior. Also, in real life it doesn’t always work out like in the movies. Just so I can show that I do have the knowledge that the movie and sitcom do try to show some sort of healthy way of dealing with the situations. Although they do, the lengths that the girls go to just to “take each other down” or to be “queen bee” is toxic and completely unhealthy. I think there is a lot of importance that goes into this issue. The friendships and relationships that we build are so crucial to our mental health. We can learn to accept toxic behavior or we can learn how to stand up to it and not allow it in your life. If you’ve ever removed a toxic person from your life your probably know how different the mental state becomes. You are not currently in fight or flight mode, so you are in a way calmer, content state. I think the media really needs to monitor what messages they are sending to little girls. Especially subliminally. These young girls are so influential, so promote healthy relationships between women. Promote women lifting each other up. because I ‘ll say this, I’m twenty three and I've never before this class had any guidance in learning about women empowerment. It has only been from my personal experiences with other women and realizing that women are not currently in a competition. We can all love each other and coexist. We also should recognize if any habits we might have may potentially be toxic behavior. We are able to infinitely grow as beings, so we should not be scared to. I think these are all things we should be teaching young children, and more importantly the media also. The media has so much power, it needs to be used wiser.
2 Comments
Julia
4/16/2019 06:37:12 am
Damn girl that intro is awesome. I'm also commenting on this in class but whatever.
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danni
4/16/2019 07:25:36 am
hey girllllllll lol how you doin on the other side of da room???
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