Works Cited

Baily , Amy. ""Negative" Sizing: The Size Zero Debate." Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York & Los Angeles (2006): n. pag. Web. 9 Nov 2010. . 

Dose, . "www2.dose.ca." dose.ca. Canwest Publishing Inc., 2009. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www2.dose.ca/photos/celeb/skinny.html>.

Ebuams, World. "www.ebaumsworld.com." ebaums world. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/1412/>.

Henry, Lauri. "Eating Disorder Treatment Centers, United States." Suite 101. N.p., 30 Apr 2007. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://www.suite101.com/content/united-states-treatment-centres-a15440>. 

Manohar, Uttara. "buzzle.com." www.buzzle.com. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/media-effects-on-teenagers.html>.

Russell, George W. "Quotations about beauty." Quote Garden. N.p., 09 Sep 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://www.quotegarden.com/beauty.html>.

Staff, Izismile . "Celebrities with and without Make-Up (28 pics)." www.izismile.com. N.p., 19 Jan 2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. <http://izismile.com/2010/01/19/celebrities_with_and_without_make-up_12_pics.html>.

The Daily Telegraph, . "Top model has 'world's skinniest waist'." The TV Realist. Informifi, 11th Aug 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/Top-model-has-worlds-skinniest-waist-3261856.html>.

"www.livereal.com." Live Real. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.livereal.com/psychology_arena/whats_the_problem/anorexia_quotes.htm

X, Malcolm. "Media Quotes." Think Exist. N.p., 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://thinkexist.com/quotations/media/>.

Reflection Paragraph on Sources

I felt it very difficult to find high quality sources. I think I had to go through about 4 sites to get my statistics because there were many varied opinions and conflicting facts, but thankfully for me, only 4 years ago my topic received much attention from organizations like The New York Times and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. I think the only thing I would have liked better would be if there were one centralized site for statistics on which there was much information on a wide variety of topics so I wouldn't have had to search everywhere. But is that still research? Hmmmm...

Reflection Paragraph on Process

Overall, this whole process has showed me that most people need to learn to be careful of what they portray and what they say. It can be taken the wrong way by impressionable teenagers who will take it to extremes. I enjoyed doing a blog much more than doing an essay, even though an essay may be faster to write. This blog, for me, was more involved; we got to basically do whatever we wanted with them all still being similar. This was much more interesting of way of formulating a centralized resource of information and I wasn't falling asleep half the time while creating it. I think if my efforts had just gone into an essay it wouldn't have been as impacting. I wouldn't be able to put in pictures, which I felt made a large difference in the impact my presentation will make.

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Reflection paragraph on findings

What I found while doing research to write my blog was not anything I expected, in the least. I knew this was a big problem plaguing the world but I never even considered the possibility that girls as young as eight years of age could be affected by it. I did, however, think that it was amazing that there only exist 61 treatment centers in the country, considering that there are 8 million people in the U.S. who have eating disorders. Throughout my search for information, it was obvious to me that most people think that it is both the media’s and the fashion industry’s faults. They need to be more careful of what they produce, because most of their product furthers this catastrophe.

Finding Paragraph 3

          My last but definitely not my least question is, ‘what are people doing about this?’. As I said before in my second finding paragraph, there are 61 treatment centers in the U.S. These make a huge impact, don't get me wrong, but what is the likelihood that all 8 million Americans will fit or even go to the 61 centers ("South Carolina Department of Mental Health"). We need to do something more for these girls and guys, maybe even through outreach via friends or school. On the show "If You Really Knew Me" on MTV, they go around and tell things about themselves, setting off a chain of emotions and exposing things that no one knows about them to a small group of kids at their school. I think if anorexic people saw others reaching out to them then they would feel that they aren't alone and come one step closer to realizing that everyone has problems.

"Eating Disorder Statistics." South Carolina Department of Mental Health. N.p., 2006. Web. 19 Nov 2010. <http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm>.

Finding Paragraph 2

Another big question I want to figure out is when is thin too thin. According to Health Central the average weight for my age and height is 139. The average weight of an anorexic is 110.5 which is 15% less than the average as stated by Mama’s Health. “We are minutes away from a catastrophe,” said David Bonnouvrier, the chief executive of DNA Models. Mr. Bonnouvrier is referring to the thin models on the runways at New York’s distinguished Fashion Week. He is veraciously correct when he said this. If we all let this continue then there are going to be even more relentless consequences.

"Health Central." www.healthcentral.com. N.p., 18 Nov 2010. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/ideal-body-weight-3146-143.html?2,5,6,95,1>.

"Anorexia." Mama's Health. MamasHealth, Inc.™, 2010. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://www.mamashealth.com/anorexia.asp>.

Wilson, Eric. "When Is Thin Too Thin?." The New York Times. The New York Times Company, 21 Sep 2006. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/fashion/21MODELS.html>.

Finding paragraph #1

         My first 2 questions for what I wanted to find out on my Animoto are who’s to blame here and who’s stopping this. I felt like these 2 questions were some of the most pertinent to my topic question because they really answer the question. Through the entire process I have found that most people do believe that it is mostly the medias and the fashion industries fault. Its not their full fault because they do project the images through TV, magazines, ads, and the internet, but we have the decision to follow through with the ideas.
       The statistics and websites have a very strong outlook on the media and that this isn’t the only consequence coming from this. There are over 20 hot-lines for people with eating disorders plus many different treatments for people that need help or even just want it. There are 65 eating disorder treatment centers in the U.S. (Henry).You can see that this is obviously a serious problem if they have that large a number of centers. "Media is responsible for creating ideals about body image, owing to which several teenagers (especially girls) suffer from inferiority complex and resort to unhealthy practices to lose weight and get skinny." (Manohar)



Henry, Lauri. "Eating Disorder Treatment Centers, United States." Suite 101. N.p., 30 Apr 2007. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://www.suite101.com/content/united-states-treatment-centres-a15440>. 

Manohar, Uttara. "Media Effects on Teenagers." Buzzle. N.p., 2010. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/media-effects-on-teenagers.html>.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #5

“Our hearts are drunk with a beauty our eyes could never see.”  ~George W. Russell

This quote says, to me, that beauty isn’t just on the outside; it’s what’s inside that counts. I think that this man was very accurate. Just like the creator of Shallow Hal. It’s a movie about a guy who gets hypnotized into seeing people for who they really are on the inside. I think if the world, men and women alike, were like Hal then George W. Russell would be proud of what we have come to. The media is alcohol for under the age teens. This isn’t the only thing that the media causes so if there are so many bad consequences obviously they have something in common: the media.

Russell, George W. "Quotations about beauty." Quote Garden. N.p., 09 Sep 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://www.quotegarden.com/beauty.html>.

Graph/chart/map and citation

This chart shows the relationship between why people with and without anorexia lose weight. As you can see the people without anorexia are more concerned with becoming healthy whereas people with anorexia are more on the emotional.  The people that are anorexic are trying to achieve perfection more than being healthy.

http://www.teen-beauty-tips.com/national-statistics-for-anorexia.html

Photo, Caption, Cite 4

 

This picture is from the CW TV show Americas Next Top Model where they were holding auditions for the show and this girl Ann’s waist is 16 inches. I’m thin but I’m nowhere close to being able to do that. She has been wearing a corset her whole life to get her waist small. Some people don’t know when to stop.

The Daily Telegraph, . "Top model has 'world's skinniest waist'." The TV Realist. Informifi, 11th Aug 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/Top-model-has-worlds-skinniest-waist-3261856.html>.

Quote, Summary, Paraphrase, Cite 4

“Media is responsible for creating ideals about body image, owing to which several teenagers (especially girls) suffer from inferiority complex and resort to unhealthy practices to lose weight and get skinny.”

This web site tells about the effects the media has on teens, positive and negative, and they specifically state my topic in the 2^nd sentence of the section that addresses negative effects on teens. This also states that the problem is not the only affect on teens but by addressing it in the second sentence, it must be an important and dangerous issue.

I think this will help me improve my blog because it’s another source I can use for backup when writing my blog. I think the more websites I have that address my problem as a real issue, the more people reached by my work will take the issue more seriously and realize that it affects not only our school but schools worldwide as well.

X, Malcolm. "Media Quotes." Think Exist. N.p., 2010. Web. 15 Nov 2010. <http://thinkexist.com/quotations/media/>.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #3

“Media is responsible for creating ideals about body image, owing to which several teenagers (especially girls) suffer from inferiority complex and resort to unhealthy practices to lose weight and get skinny.”

This web site talks about the effects media has on teens, positive and negative, and they specifically state my topic in the 2^nd sentence of the negative effects on teens. This also states that my problem is not the only affect on teens but by putting it as the second sentence then it must be a very high and dangerous problem.

I think this will help me improve on my blog because it’s another source I can use for back up on my blog. I think the more websites I have that state that my problem is a real issue that they will take it more seriously and realize that it affects not only our school but schools world wide as well.

Manohar, Uttara. "buzzle.com." www.buzzle.com. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/media-effects-on-teenagers.html>.

Photo, caption, and citation #3

I chose this picture because it shows that people obviously don’t take eating disorders seriously as they need to be taken. If people continue to make jokes about this, my thought is that people who are taking these drastic measures will think that no one notices the changes occurring in their bodies. This picture is all over all social networking sites and has been on TV, further proving the widespread acceptance of how culture makes light of the “size zero debate”. 

Ebuams, World. "www.ebaumsworld.com." ebaums world. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/1412/>.

Photo, caption, and citation #2

This picture shows how if very popular celebrities can lose the weight and look good then maybe the girls seeing this can too. Lindsay Lohan lost a lot of weight between the dates of these 2 photos. Whether she looks better now that’s an opinion thing but the amount of weight that she lost was so much that I think the girls looking at this can look and say hey I look how she did and if I lose all this weight then people will think I look good too.

 Dose, . "www2.dose.ca." dose.ca. Canwest Publishing Inc., 2009. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www2.dose.ca/photos/celeb/skinny.html>.

Quote, Paraphrase, Summary, Cite 2

“Nothing matters when I'm thin."

"An imperfect body reflects an imperfect person..." 

These quotes basically say what people who are anorexic feel when they look at their reflection and this exemplify why they continue to starve themselves. When they look in the mirror they don’t see themselves the same way we see them, like in the above illustration. The second quote says that if they don’t meet the requirements to be “perfect”, no one will love them or see them for who they really are because the only thing at which people look, to evaluate if another person is “good enough” for them, is looks.

 These people need to realize that they are beautiful in their own way and one doesn’t need to change for any other one person. If anyone demands that another needs to change for him or her, the person either doesn’t love that person or is not worthy of the other person’s love. I’m not trying to saying some changes aren’t for the better, like if it’s losing weight because one is too overweight to maintain their health. Just don’t go overboard and you’ll be fine.

Live, Real. "www.livereal.com." Live Real. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Nov 2010. <http://www.livereal.com/psychology_arena/whats_the_problem/anorexia_quotes.htm

Photo, caption, and citation #1

As can be seen in these photos of Ashley Tisdale, a very famous and decidedly “beautiful” actress, she is no one noteworthy (other than being a human being, and I believe we’re all special in our own rights) without the aid of makeup.

This is not out of the ordinary for famous figures; they all need makeup to appear perfect. If people saw all these gorgeous celebrities without their makeup then perhaps people wouldn’t feel as bad about the way they look, and thus it would counteract the “size zero effect”.

Staff, Izismile . "Celebrities with and without Make-Up (28 pics)." www.izismile.com. N.p., 19 Jan 2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. <http://izismile.com/2010/01/19/celebrities_with_and_without_make-up_12_pics.html>.  

Quote Summary Paraphrase & Cite

“According to Women's Wear Daily the infamous size zero demographic is no longer limited to the silver screen or the catwalk; in fact these women walk among us every day.”

The "size 0 debate" has a very real, very negative impact on the today’s young women. These are young women who live around us, even people we’re intimately familiar with. Stores such as Marc Jacobs, the “designer” stores, produce and sell more 0 size clothing than most and thus should be seen as contributors to the problem. Even with “vanity sizing” (false sizes) becoming more and more popular, people keep thinning out more and more. This author thinks it is both the fashion industry and the media’s fault that people continue doing drastic things to obtain the “perfect body”.

Basically, what this article states is that people keep getting thinner and thinner because of fashion designers and the way they chose to make and market clothing. As designers continue to “vanity size” and produce this skeletal clothing people will try to look just like the models (who are nearly skeletons) wearing them. 

Baily , Amy. ""Negative" Sizing: The Size Zero Debate." Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York & Los Angeles (2006): n. pag. Web. 9 Nov 2010. .
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION:
Baily , Amy. ""Negative" Sizing: The Size Zero Debate." Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York & Los Angeles (2006): n. pag. Web. 9 Nov 2010. .
[NOTE: Italicize "Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York & Los Angeles"]


PARENTHETICAL CITATION:
(Baily )

Preliminary links and descriptions

sites.google.com/site/mediasportrayalonwomen/Home/bulimia

This Google site tells about “The Effects of Thin Models in Advertising” and how mainly they affect teen girls. They specifically state that the “unattainable” image is causing a negative impact on girls ages 8-25. This website will be of great value to me because it directly addresses my topic.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sizezero-debate-fashion-industry-is-told-to-grow-up-449862.html

This online news page by Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, tells the basis of the size 0 debate and how at-large this issue has become. This site will help me because it supplies plenty of knowledge on the issue about which I’m writing.

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2006/11/skeletons-on-the-runway-the-size-zero-debate

This blog, by Bronwyn Cosgrave, details how the Size Zero Debate arose, along with a video on the topic. This will help me because I’ll have background knowledge and it has a video on the size 0 debate.

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/teens/eating/277.html

This bulletin on health website familydoctor.org gives the facts and statistics on teen eating disorders. This will assist me, giving me statistics, demonstrating the seriousness of this continuing problem.

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Size 0 fad too much for teens?

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What I want to know

What I want to know is what would force these fashion agencies to continue making clothes to fit twigs and advertize them on people that aren’t even that skinny themselves? Why do they continue to show this if they know that people will go to those extremes to look like that which is extremely affecting these girls? Why is everyone letting this continue and why isn’t there something being done to stop the fashion industry from influencing these young girls in this way? Is the fashion industry the only or the main cause of teen eating disorders? How many teenage girls have eating disorders that don’t tell anyone about it? What is offered to these people that go to these ends just to feel pretty? Do these girls have any friends or do they have so many that they get drowned in the gossip and drama that no one notices the radical chances happening right in front of them?

What I already know about my topic

I know that it affects everyone in some way and I know people that do drastic things or have thought about these things that are unhealthy to their body but they are willing to do anything to look "perfect" because it is all they have ever done. Children start these unhealthy things as young as the age of 8. “‘Size zero’ became front-page news in September when model Luisel Ramos collapsed on a runway during Uruguay’s Fashion Week moments after being applauded by spectators; she later died from heart failure.” 15% of girls who suffer from anorexia die from this eating disorder. Approximately 1 out of 20 girls ages 9-15 reported using diet pills or laxatives to lose weight. 90% of the people with eating disorders are women. This shows that women are more affected by everything and they will go to some extreme lengths to get that “perfect” weight.

Story behind my topic

I chose the topic “Is the media or the fashion industry responsible for the propaganda of size zero fad of teenage girls?" because I know people who are struggling with themselves because of the portrayal of the "perfect body image".  The media convinces these girls that they need to do drastic things to make people like them. Here the media is at fault, walking skin-and-bone thin models up and down the runway because they are women girls look up to, causing them to starve themselves to look like their role model. This negatively affects their self-esteem and causes eating disorders, sometimes even at the much too early age of 8 years. Something needs to be done about this problem; the media is doing a huge disservice to young women. With these people on TV, on magazines, and just about anywhere else in modern culture one could think of, today’s young women don't have anyone to tell them that they are pretty and they don't need to change. Maybe then we need to ask, “who are today’s positive influences, and how can we contribute to society?”.