...I'm sure you're all aware of the media. It is something you see everywhere, in television advertisements, magazines, newspapers, the internet and much more. We're in a very fascinating generation in which our knowledge grows rapidly; all thanks to media. The media is incredibly important because it does so much for us. 1) It connects and allows us find out what's going on in the world. 2) It entertains us. 3) It influences us. But the thing about influences is that there’s always a good side and a bad side. The media can influence people positively. Like commercials and billboard ads that urges for us to help the homeless, or just people that are going through trouble. It helps develop awareness, social skills, and also inspires us that we’re capable of making a difference and to build a better world. But the bad side is that not all of what they say is good. One of the most common ways media can affect us negatively is how we view our body. You’re not good enough. That’s what people say, that’s what the media says, that's what almost everything around you implies. You're not good enough. You're never going to be good enough. But that’s the thing about humans. We’re never satisfied with what we have. In other words, we’re greedy, we want too much. If you're not like the girls on TV, they judge you. If you are like the girls on TV, they still judge you. There's always something they can say. Ugh, you’re too fat or, ugh, you're too skinny. Who here watches television? Yeah...
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...can’t maintain the prescribed tempos, the weight is too heavy. Safety Step #2: Master a full and controlled range of motion throughout the entire rep. Do not change your body position to achieve extra reps. Safety Step #3: Stick to the tempos to avoid the use of kinetic energy i.e. fools gold. Safety Step #4: Stick to the progression model below and don’t forget to wear a stop watch to time the rest intervals. www.vincedelmontefitness.com 4 The 6-12-25 Mega-Size Workout The logic behind The pain: » This is a 4-day workout catered to intermediate (1-4 years of training) and advanced trainees (4 or more years of training). If you’re a novice lifter (less than 1 year of training), this workout is not for you. The primary training effects are functional hypertrophy, hypertrophy and strength-endurance. In layman’s terms, you’re going to get...
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...* An important tip for complimenting women: Instead of saying "That's a pretty dress" or "I like your outfit",. say "You look really great in that dress." Compliment the woman, not the article of clothing! * Never touch a girl on her hips until you get really serious. Make a romantic move if you feel ready. She will feel important, and that someone actually likes her. If she says to stop, stop. Nothing is worse than a girl seeing you as a harasser. If she acts a little odd, stop. Don't take it personally because some girls just don't know how to act around guys. Do it another day if this happens. * Show sympathy and affection. If the girl you really enjoy being around is sad or hurt, give her a quick hug. Don't just say that you're sorry and you hope she feels better. This works very well, because then the girl knows you care about her. * If you have braces,nnm glasses and acne... don't be disheartened! Most girls don't mind what's on the outside but don't be a total scruff. Girls put a lot of effort into their appearance, perhaps you should do the same. But don't think just because you have braces, glasses, or acne, that the world is over, sometimes it works! Lots of girls think braces and glasses are attractive, and many girls can get past a bad skin complexion (although they may tease you about it). * Have good posture! * Don't act tough or try to be a thug. This doesn't attract girls. * Don't follow her around everywhere. It automatically gives you...
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...the biggest genuine smile despite the heavy load of things you’re going through. It can be honestly really tough sometimes seeing you come home, stressed because of am or pm duties and that, I can’t do anything “big” about it I’m really sorry I piss you off (most of the time) – (sometimes you’re bitch, i know you know that) I know you know how much I do care and love you despite it all. I’m lucky enough to see you become the woman you are – independent (yet still sensitive), witty and intelligent. This seems quite embarrassing but you’re one of my role models in life. Let’s face it, I know you more than anyone else does ( this is true ) I know that you always have something right to say about everything. You love exploring – being so curious about the world. You hate PDA. You always forget about that mole on the upper left of your mouth. You like Xavier but you don’t know if it’s the right time to. You have the deepest depth of thoughts-it’s like a Mariana Trench. You like insulting me. You love everything Japanese – and white chocolate. You have this habit of looking sideways instead of straight. You’re always there for a friend or family, they’ll always be a priority. You’re insecure about your little mutli-talented prideful sister. You don’t really notice how inceridbly amazing and unique you are – that’s why I don’t get why the boys ain’t coming at our yard. (honestly though if we weren’t fat – I think we’d be skinny rich kids partying out) (was that too much?) But BASICALLY...
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...way it pretty much makes girls thing how they should be, skinny ,curvy and covered in make up to be beautiful. To me this is just ridiculous to think. I see beautiful girls all the time that aren’t skinny an covered in makeup. To me beauty isn’t just what u can make you’re self to be, its what u are. The media tries to form peoples mind on this is what u should be to be attractive and beautiful. But the truth is they most of the time use Photoshop to change an already beautiful person into what they think should be beautiful. To me there just making a fake person witch to me is just like lying to are society. Women today spend around 12,000 to 15,000 dollars a year on beauty products. And earn 77 cents to the dollar compared to men in today’s media. Most men in today’s media are even starting to have to wear makeup and be a certain size, shape and look. But most announcers and news casters are older men sometimes fat and not too sharp looking, But if it is a women the station gets less viewers witch is ridiculous, women can be just as smart as the men. Not to mention how women leaders are looked at way differently than men. There is always room for a women’s opinion in most debates they have a nicer way of handling situations than men. Men think more destructive and harsh on situations witch isn’t always the answer to what we need. In he media back in the day women were looked at not so much as a sexual object but as a strong beautiful women. Today in the media mostly only high...
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...Barbie. Sometimes girls might think everyone will like them if they were the skinny, acne free, perfect, Barbie. Believe me you wouldn’t want to be a Barbie in real life; you’re fixing to find out why. Some say it shouldn’t matter, “she’s just a toy”, or “she’s so pretty who cares if she doesn’t look real.” But to me it does matter. If Barbie were real she’d tower a near 7 foot. She’d have a bra size of 39 FF, her tiny legs and feet couldn’t even support her top half so she’d be forced to crawl. You may laugh but, can you imagine walking, no wait, having to crawl through the mall getting stared at by every human there? It doesn’t sound to fun. Her arms are so tiny that she wouldn’t have room for the bones essential for your arms to work. Her neck would be twice the size of the average woman’s and would only have room for the trachea or esophagus so she’d have to choose between eating or breathing! There are 248 organs in the human body but Barbie would only have room for one and a half in her flat stomach. This encourages eating disorders that can lead to death! Doesn’t sound too fun does it? Low self esteem is a big problem among girls today. They feel like the main goal in life is to be the tiny perfect Barbie with her toothie, little, smile. Fact is that’s not true, of course there is nothing wrong with being “physically pretty” but there is actually more important things like being pretty on the inside. It doesn’t matters if you have acne, or you don’t wear double...
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...you ever seen a commercial with an attractive person in it and thought to yourself, “I wish I could look like that?” Well, so have other Americans and that is what are wrong with today’s society. People feel that they need to look like a superstar to be happy. One thing that influence this thought process are popular magazines showing how people can lose weight and saying that if you’re not in perfect shape then you’re not attractive. “One body-image study found that 45 percent of men were dissatisfied with their physiques; women were only slightly less satisfied at 55 percent.”(Potter). Most people think that this only happens to females but it affects males greatly also. In today’s society women feel that they need to be 5’5” and 110 pounds to be attractive. It is reasons like this that females suffer from diseases such as anorexia and bulimia all because advertisements imply that they are not attractive. Women look at magazines like Victoria’s Secret, Playboy, and Maxim and see how guys react to those pictures and think that they need to look like this to get the same attention. So, it is pretty obvious that the majority of males are not helping this cause out at all, because they participate in the purchase of these items and act negatively towards women who do not fit this image. Although men may cause women to feel like this, women do the same exact thing to men. Every time a girl see’s a 6’0” muscular man with a six pack they get all googly over him. That makes some...
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...Are you a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, unlike the song I doubt you and everything around you is perfect. In my opinion girls today are trying too hard to be a life size Barbie. Sometimes girls might think everyone will like them if they are super skinny, tall, and blonde. Believe me you wouldn’t want to be a Barbie in real life; you’re fixing to find out why. Some say it shouldn’t matter, “she’s just a toy”, or “she’s so pretty who cares if she doesn’t look real.” But to me it does matter. If Barbie were real she’d tower a near 7 foot. She’d have a bra size of 39 FF, her tiny legs and feet couldn’t even support her top half so she’d be forced to crawl. You may laugh but, can you imagine walking, no wait, having to crawl through the mall getting stared at by every human there? It doesn’t sound to fun. Her arms are so tiny that she wouldn’t have room for the bones essential for her arms to work. Her neck would be twice the size of the average woman’s and would only have room for the trachea or esophagus so she’d have to choose between eating or breathing! There are 248 organs in the human body but Barbie would only have room for one and a half in her flat stomach. This encourages eating disorders that can lead to death! Doesn’t sound too fun does it? In my mind, a perfect girl is more realistic. She'd be a nice 5 foot 5 inches and have a bra size of 34C. Contrary to Barbie, she'd have normal sized feet and legs that didn't appear sickly thin. All her organs would fit inside...
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...Are you a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, unlike the song I doubt you and everything around you is perfect. In my opinion girls today are trying too hard to be a life size Barbie. Sometimes girls might think everyone will like them if they are super skinny, tall, and blonde. Believe me you wouldn’t want to be a Barbie in real life; you’re fixing to find out why. Some say it shouldn’t matter, “she’s just a toy”, or “she’s so pretty who cares if she doesn’t look real.” But to me it does matter. If Barbie were real she’d tower a near 7 foot. She’d have a bra size of 39 FF, her tiny legs and feet couldn’t even support her top half so she’d be forced to crawl. You may laugh but, can you imagine walking, no wait, having to crawl through the mall getting stared at by every human there? It doesn’t sound to fun. Her arms are so tiny that she wouldn’t have room for the bones essential for her arms to work. Her neck would be twice the size of the average woman’s and would only have room for the trachea or esophagus so she’d have to choose between eating or breathing! There are 248 organs in the human body but Barbie would only have room for one and a half in her flat stomach. This encourages eating disorders that can lead to death! Doesn’t sound too fun does it? In my mind, a perfect girl is more realistic. She'd be a nice 5 foot 5 inches and have a bra size of 34 C. Contrary to Barbie, she'd have normal sized feet and legs that didn't appear sickly thin. All her organs would fit inside...
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...I’ve been bullied for years. It sucks, but I’ve gotten used to it. I’m 5’1 and 130 pounds. It’s like a never-ending circle. Each day I get the rudest comments. “You’re a fat cow!” or “Why do you even bother waking up?” Sometimes I ask myself the same questions. Why do I wake up? I don’t really know the answer though. I wake up, go to school, come home and repeat. I have no friends at all. Even the weird kids hate me. It’s not that I’m mean, because I’m not, I’m just too shy to talk to anyone. I can’t even look at the teacher without thinking they’re judging me. Each day when I walk home I pass a little wishing well. I’ve never wished for anything. I don’t really believe in it. Today I was feeling really down, so why not? I pulled a penny from my pocket. I waited for a few minutes. I didn’t know what to wish for. I finally...
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...Gray Emily Mrs. Dinh English 10 Honors 3 December 2014 Words are Remotes Words are life’s remote control, we’re the movie/show, and the director. Except on tv when no one is watching, the show is cancelled, but when no one is watching us we have to still keep living. A remote changes the channel, to a show we want to watch. Words toward us positive or negative, change the way we look upon ourselves. It’s a funny thing actually. Words can, and do hurt. If someone told me I was fat right now I would probably go to the gym and if I was told I was skinny I’d go to taco bell every single day. I think that’s just the way we were built. Yeah, a lot of people say that they just ignore it and don't pay any attention but coming from an abusive, alcoholic,...
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...Introducing Me Lyrics By: Nick Jonas I'm, I'm good at wasting time I think lyrics need to rhyme And you're not asking But I'm trying to grow a mustache I eat cheese, but only on pizza, please And sometimes on a homemade quesadilla Otherwise it smells like feet to me And I, I really like it when the moon looks like a toenail And I love you when you say my name If you wanna know Here it goes Gonna tell you this The part of me that'll show if you're close Gonna let you see everything But remember that you asked for it I'll try to do my best to impress But it's easier to let you take a guess at the rest But you wanna hear what lives in my brain My heart, will you ask for it, for your perusing? At times confusing, slightly amusing Introducing me Doo doo, doo doo doo doo to Doo doo, doo doo doo doo to La la la la La la la la la la la la, da I never trust a dog to watch my food And I like to use to the word "dude" As a noun, or an adverb, or an adjective And I've never really been into cars I like really cool guitars and superheroes And checks with lots of zeros on 'em I love the sound of violins And making someone smile If you wanna know Here it goes Gonna tell you this The part of me that'll show if you're close Gonna let you see everything But remember that you asked for it I'll try to do my best to impress But it's easier to let you take a guess at the rest But you wanna hear what lives in my brain My heart, will you ask for it, for your perusing? At times confusing, possibly...
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...The Chronicles of Spin Class: A Guide to Survival Come to spin class they said; it will be fun, they said. This pretty much sums it all up. Considering I have never been a very coordinated person the task seemed daunting. However, sitting at a desk all day had done absolutely nothing for my physical fitness. That’s when I had the bright idea to join a gym after months of deliberation. I had the perfect plan. I would run on the treadmill and if I was feeling adventurous lift a few weights here and there. I was sadly, sadly mistaken. My friend had a different plan for me. She mentioned that she had started going to this crazy intense spin class at my gym and really hated it but in a peculiar way was addicted which kept her going back for more....
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...his two younger siblings as if they're candidates for sainthood because of his fixation. Holden is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is afraid of gaining the responsibilities that come with it. So, Holden struggles hard to stay childish. For example, throughout the book, he does not want to take responsibility to communicate with others that may want to help him. He refuses to go home and confront his parents and face the consequences. Along with this, he also pulls the childish silent treatment toward his parents; because that's the only knife he has to hurt them: ."..she wouldn't've been the ones that answered the phone. My parents would be the ones. So that was out." (pg. 59) He is afraid to talk to people close to him because they'll be critical to him. This would also explain his lack of interaction with Jane Gallagher: ."..I kept standing there, of giving old Jane a buzz- I mean calling her long distance at B.M... The only reason I didn't call him was because I wasn't in the mood." (pg. 63) Since he is afraid of interaction with people close to him, he tries to get strangers to talk to, so the conservations he has with them won't go too into depth. He does not want to face the world of reality. For example, in chapter nine, Holden asks his cab driver, who is a complete stranger to him, for a cocktail once he's done driving Holden to the Edmont Hotel: "Would you care to stop on the way and...
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...his two younger siblings as if they're candidates for sainthood because of his fixation. Holden is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is afraid of gaining the responsibilities that come with it. So, Holden struggles hard to stay childish. For example, throughout the book, he does not want to take responsibility to communicate with others that may want to help him. He refuses to go home and confront his parents and face the consequences. Along with this, he also pulls the childish silent treatment toward his parents; because that's the only knife he has to hurt them: ."..she wouldn't've been the ones that answered the phone. My parents would be the ones. So that was out." (pg. 59) He is afraid to talk to people close to him because they'll be critical to him. This would also explain his lack of interaction with Jane Gallagher: ."..I kept standing there, of giving old Jane a buzz- I mean calling her long distance at B.M... The only reason I didn't call him was because I wasn't in the mood." (pg. 63) Since he is afraid of interaction with people close to him, he tries to get strangers to talk to, so the conservations...
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