Pop Culture Taking Over Our World

I think that it's kind of funny that the desperate need and importance in our society to be twig-thin is growing stronger everyday, while at the same time, obesity rates are rapidly increasing. The belief today is that you have to be skinny to be attractive, and if you're overweight, you can not be pretty. This is an absolutely repulsive message to send out, especially to children. It drives me nuts that seventeen magazine has a "body peace treaty" and then every other page of that magazine has titles like "10 steps to awesome abs" and "get great thighs by spring."

Nobody can deny that every aspect of beauty in our society revolves around how much a person weighs. All the people in ads and the models walking the runway are so malnurished that I'm surprised they can still walk. why is it attractive to have your ribs practiacally bulging through your skin? It's gross and unhealthy, and I feel so sorry for for models and celebrities who are under so much pressure to be thin that they are forced to hurt themselves, like Lindsay Lohan. It's so easy for teenage girls, including myself, to feel a lot of pressure to thin. It helps me to remember how good pizza and fries taste, and why I wouldn't give up greasy food for the world. I'm very thankful for Queen Latifah because she is a celebrity who is not starving and she is an important influence on all girls. Her quote "I never wanted to be a model, I wanted to be a role model" is very inspiring.

I think another aspect of pop culture that has been blown out of proportion is the use of cell phones. Don't get me wrong, they're an awesome invention and they can be very useful, but they are most definately abused. I don't understand why some people try to use their phones in class because what could they possibly have to say? You most likely just saw the person you're talking to like five minutes ago, and it's highly unlikely that something important came up in that period of time. I know it sounds totally old-fashioned and weird, but I actually don't even have a cell phone. I can be severly challenged when it comes to technology, and it would be a lot faster for me to use my mouth to communicate with someone instead of texting.