Representation of beauty in the media -http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfm
By presenting an ideal difficult to achieve and maintain, the cosmetic and diet product industries are assured of growth and profits.
“Women are sold to the diet industry by the magazines we read and the television programs we watch, almost all of which make us feel anxious about our weight.”
Challanges in the media's representation of beauty-http://daniela09.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/challenges-in-the-medias-representation-of-beauty/
“beauty is perceived as whatever promises that product offers and the masses agree with it.” (Helium, Stembridge)
BBC article on manipulation -http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10558258
In the age of the airbrush, can we ever really believe our eyes?
Nick Cleg manipulation ban-http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8264640.stm
Members at its party conference also backed proposals to require all photos "retouched" to make them more attractive to be clearly labelled.
"dishonest and harmful" and had contributed to the rise in eating disorders.
doctored images of "whiter teeth, longer legs, flatter tummies and bigger breasts"
"Advertising makes big money from images of flawless women,"
GQ magazine -http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2643777.stm
"So why is it that women think in order to be adored they have to be thin? I just don't understand that way of thinking."
"These days you only get two kinds of pictures of celebrities - paparazzi pictures or pictures like these which have been highly styled, buffed, trimmed and altered to make the subject look as good as is humanly possible,"
The effect of advertising-http://www.healthyplace.com/eating-disorders/main/eating-disorders-body-image-and-advertising/menu-id-58/
Advertisers often emphasize sexuality and the importance of physical attractiveness in an attempt to sell products
27% of the girls felt that the media pressures them to have a perfect body
Only 9% of commercials have a direct statement about beauty,6 but many more implicitly emphasize the importance of beauty
This constant exposure to female-oriented advertisements may influence girls to become self-conscious about their bodies and to obsess over their physical appearance as a measure of their worth.
the pervasive acceptance of this unrealistic body type creates an impractical standard for the majority of women.
girls reported in a Body Image Survey that "very thin" models made them feel insecure about themselves
68% felt worse about their own appearance after looking through women's magazines
number one wish for girls ages 11 to 17 is to be thinner
Eighty percent (80%) of 10-year-old girls have dieted
Girls who were already dissatisfied with their bodies showed more dieting, anxiety, and bulimic symptoms after prolonged exposure to fashion and advertising images in a teen girl magazine
Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem
http://www.rocketxl.com/dsef/assets/DSEF_KeyFinding.pdf
Rihanna manipulation-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1285468/Rihanna-appears-magazine-cover-impossibly-waist.html
Airbrushing of celebrities has become increasingly controversial over the years with critics saying it creates an unrealistic image of women.
Emily Blunt rejection of manipulation-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1298950/Emily-Blunt-condemns-airbrushing-poses-sexy-photo-shoot-Elle.html
'Airbrushing makes you look like Barbie. Who the hell wants to look like that?'
Gabourey Sidibe's-http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/8005734/Elle-magazine-in-Gabourey-Sidibe-skin-lightening-controversy.html
Tina Fey-Scar removal
http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-headlines-in-jacksonville/tina-fey-minus-the-scar-vogue-march-2010-cover-shoot-video
Blake Lively- chest flattened
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/huh-vogue-flattens-out-blake-livelys-chest-1458902
Beat- help females with body image-http://www.b-eat.co.uk/Home
You can’t tell if someone has an eating disorder by their shape and size alone - the real pain of an eating disorder is on the inside not the outside.
Fashion doesn't cause eating disorders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d5KcT1HZT6k
Beauty and advertising
http://hubpages.com/hub/Beauty--Women-in-Advertising
Article on retouching of images over the decade
http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/unattainable-beauty.html
Media Advertising Reality And The Manufactured Beauty Myth
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/10/18/media_advertising_reality_and_the.htm
Within this universe connotating superficiality and the worshiping of appearances Photoshop reigns like an emperor.
Unattainable Beauty - Paying the Price For the Media's Portrayal-http://ezinearticles.com/?Unattainable-Beauty---Paying-the-Price-For-the-Medias-Portrayal!&id=1540095
Our view of beauty can be appreciated from many different angles but the point of view most relied upon and considered to be acceptable comes to us from the vessels of the media.
the media's portrayal and deliverance of beauty trends are most damaging to young women
Our society rarely embraces what is "different" unless there is a way to make money off of it.
Weight and Shape Ideals: Thin Is Dangerously In (google scholar)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02506.x/abstract
The Influence of Fashion Magazines on the Body Image Satisfaction of College Women: An Exploratory Analysis
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_n127_v32/ai_20413253/?tag=content;col1
Many contemporary American women covet an unrealistically thin body build for themselves (Lamb, Jackson, Cassidy, & Priest, 1993; Mallick, Whipple, & Huerta, 1987; Silberstein, Striegel-Moore, Timko, & Rodin, 1988; Spillman & Everington, 1989), a phenomenon that could be detrimental to their emotional and physical health.
Beauty myth quotes
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/naomi_wolf.html
What is the beauty myth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beauty_Myth
Beauty myth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/oct/18/classics.shopping
Vouge info
http://www.bookrags.com/history/vogue-sjpc-05/
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