multimodal essay

keryn cannon

Dear diary,

Today I was called ugly. The pretty girls say that no one will ever like me because I am different looking. Is this true? Am I even good enough?

What is wrong with our world today?

Why are women everywhere questioning

their looks?

Society has taught us that…

This

Is more beautiful than this

or this

That I should alter my body

That I should be this thin

that I should act like this

That women should be treated like this in ads

Even Barbie™ is changing…

We see that “fake” women are beautiful

Should I even be surprised when I

read…

• 8 million Americans have an eating disorder: seven million women and one million men• One in 200 American women suffer from anorexia• Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia

• Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder• Eating disorders have the highest

mortality rate of any mental illness• Anorexia is the 3rd most common

chronic illness among adolescents

• 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25• 80% of 13-year-olds have attempted to lose weight

I have a message for all those suffering…

You are beautiful

Whether you’re…

black

thinwhite

redhead

curvyemo

preppy

inuit

indian

jewishhispanic

asian

christianatheist

brunette

gay

straightpoor

rich

hourglass

pear

short

talllebanese

italian

Accept yourself for who you are…

Not for what society wants you to be

Websites Used

• http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm

• http://www.historicstatetheatretickets.com/img/articles/Monique2.jpg

• http://buttstop-cigarette-disposal.com/asian-businesswoman.jpg

• http://www.sciencephoto.com/image/256038/large/M1400324-Down_s_syndrome_woman-SPL.jpg

• http://www.mamamia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/dove_ad-1.jpg

• http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001721937/05242922_anorexia1206lindsay_lohan_xlarge.jpeg

• http://tilt214.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/bones3.jpg

• http://bitchwantstea.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dove-skincare-advert.jpg

• http://www.nurturedecatur.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Plastic-Surgery-Addiction.jpg

• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M5mQhY1RgcI/TFTqaFL8f1I/AAAAAAAAJPM/Igv01SgTUCc/

s1600/1910hot_Ibiza_party_girls.jpg• http://www.peoplejam.com/files/u3264/thin_runway.jpg• http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/

2011/05/diseases/Body_Image-2.jpg