http://www.u-createcrafts.com/
Is a do-it-yourself blog with the catch phrase "inspiring you to create". Ucreate is written by two women Kari & Becky, they do a great job at writing the blog because it has good content there is always pictures to go with the instructional blog post so you can see step by step how to make the craft yourself be it a pillow, tshirt or a cabinet. They keep on task and dont ramble about things that are unrelated to the blog although they do have a page named "about us" that is the only place you even see there named mentioned. They assumably get lots of hits because they are often giving shout outs to other people who blog and there are linked blogs and websites all over Ucreate as well they have facebook, twitter and a google account you can link too.
http://www.makeup.com/authors/
Makeup.com is a much larger blog, there are 15 authors. There content is endless and there have a tip for more or less anything, usually I don't see them linking to many other blogs but prehaps that is because they have already made there claim to fame and don't need to advertise as much as before, but where they lack in affiliates they makeup for in content. They also keep your eyes busy with polls, information boxes on the side and helpful pictures.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
MASS media ON body IMAGE
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfm
The media influence what we talk and think about is a true statement because as the article above states "Women’s magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they’ll have it all" after seeing thin beautiful women everywhere it often becomes the only thing being thought about, often results in eating disorders, or unhealthy eating habits. To look like the famous actresses or today is an unattainable goal, they are just too underweight. All women and some men think about is how to stay young, beautiful and thin, we talk about it amongst each other, tricks, pills and exercise routines we've heard "work really good" and by work really good we mean, get the weight off fast.
The media show us the images we come to accept as normal is even more true because it really isn't normal for us to expect our bodies to hold up on minimal food and nutrition. Looking at a body that is borderline anerexic should turn our stomach and make us think that there sickly but instead we envy them and wish we had that kind of willpower.
The media influence what we talk and think about is a true statement because as the article above states "Women’s magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they’ll have it all" after seeing thin beautiful women everywhere it often becomes the only thing being thought about, often results in eating disorders, or unhealthy eating habits. To look like the famous actresses or today is an unattainable goal, they are just too underweight. All women and some men think about is how to stay young, beautiful and thin, we talk about it amongst each other, tricks, pills and exercise routines we've heard "work really good" and by work really good we mean, get the weight off fast.
The media show us the images we come to accept as normal is even more true because it really isn't normal for us to expect our bodies to hold up on minimal food and nutrition. Looking at a body that is borderline anerexic should turn our stomach and make us think that there sickly but instead we envy them and wish we had that kind of willpower.
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