Tag: Media

Media Promotes Unrealistic Body Image Expectations

Photo courtesy of Cherry Point, Flickr Creative Commons In today’s society there seems to be a growing problem with how young adults visually perceive their bodies. Body image has become an extensive obsession, and by constantly concentrating on how we feel about our physical appearance, we will ultimately intensify the negative […]

Lawrence Calls Nude Photo Hacking a ‘Sex Crime’

Photo Courtesy of Marco Manna, Flickr Creative Commons In today’s society, we seem to have an ongoing reccurrence of female public figures being exploited by pictures that expose their bodies. On Aug. 31, multiple nude pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, one of America’s most powerful actresses, circulated on the Internet. These photographs […]

Serious Faults in the Romanticization of Cancer in Media

ldquo;Let’s not talk about it.” That is where the conversation always ends—with my exasperated sigh of defeat. When it comes to "The Fault In Our Stars," the latest young adult literary phenomenon, fans cannot seem to see past the star-crossed lovers and I cannot seem to get them to understand […]