A few days ago I read a news paper article in the Buffalo News (I can not find it on the site) on a thirteen-year-old model in Australia, here is my opinion on the whole ordeal:

In Australia, a 13-year-old model that stands at 5’7, is modeling off women’s clothing. I find it appalling that this girl is such in a hurry to grow up. At 13, I was boy-crazy, had sleepovers, hung out with my friends, stayed up late and did all the preteen things normal girls do. But this girl, struts down the runway in women’s clothing with full, make-upped eyes. Mothers complain that their children are constantly being put down, that they try to make themselves “look good” by media standards. That they are growing up way too fast. Yet one mother is letting her own child do such a thing. It’s disgusting and wrong.

I’m not one to be judgemental, I am not a mother and nowhere near ready to be one, yet I can’t help but think that these women let their children so such things because they want to re-live their own teenager years once more? I’m not sure if that makes any sense but it’s what I believe to be true, a theory if you will.

People need to learn to be happy with how they look. But instead of the media helping us, it harms us. They con us into buying their shampoo or beauty product to make us handsome/or pretty by their standards. I remember, a while back, a news reporter interviewed a model. She asked him if he had any fashion magazines in his house. He said no and she was appalled. Apparently, he was protecting his preteen daughter against this sort of thing. It seems if you don’t conform, if you’re different you’re shunned out of society, which is also pretty pathetic. This is why there are so many eating disorders. This IS the cause of most suicides! In the past few years, suicide rates have rose. This further proves our society is becoming more vain and intolerant as time progresses. Yet so many people are baffled at these rates. To me, it’s as clear as day. I think we, as a people should be more tolerant of everyone and accept people that are different.

Another thing that really sets me off is the whole “sex sells” motto. I think that is horrible. It even increases the insecurity preteens and teenagers feel as they gloss over magazines and ads with scantily clad women and buff men trying to sell the product. These young adults wonder to themselves if they’re supposed to look like that. If that is what the ideal man or woman is. Well I can tell you in my eyes, it isn’t. Those people are ugly to me. They’re so common. Whatever happened with loving yourself? Whatever happened to feeling comfortable in your own skin? I’m comfortable with myself, I love how I look, I just wish other people would feel the same way about themselves. I feel that as society progresses, it’s just getting worse. It may be a negative outlook, but hey, it’s true. There needs to be some sort of drastic change, there needs to be a social revolution.

Comment by whiteseraph89 on October 24, 2007 10:10 pm - on wordpress.

Bravo! Excellent point, men should keep their ***** in the pants, and women should do what they want. They should be individuals just like men can be. I'm sick of the double standards, and the backwards controlling logic that doesn't hold water in a serious scolorly argument. I am a male feminist and very proud of that fact. And no, I am not gay (though that should have nothing to do with anything, but that again must be said because of the intolerance of people) and I am not poisoned by the media, I frankly do not watch television because of the sickening commercials and the disgusting messages they send to the youth. I am proud of what I am, and Noelle, I am proud of you! I love you for who you are, your individuality and your ability to deal with life without a male influence. You are your own woman and you belong to no man. That is just one of many reasons I love you.

I’m enraged right now. So I thought I would just express how it is to be a feminist, I may as well get my views out here. There is a constant battle between yourself and many men and sometimes women who feel that my ways are foolish. That I care too much. That I’m too emotional. I feel sometimes, I’m losing this battle but, I’ll keep fighting. I don’t care. I find that sexist, I can be a woman and be emotional at the appropriate times. My God that makes me angry. Apparently, my mom and sister feel that I care too much and am too opinionated. They poke fun at me at any possible turn. I would rather be outspoken then a doormat. Yet they, I think, have just been exposed to the media, how society feels we should look and act. They’ve become robots. There’s nothing I can do, some people just can’t see the light that I do. It all got into an argument of someone who is of relation to me having some…ictures upon his wall. I voiced my opinion clearly making him seem like a total disrespectful, degrading male. Of course the whole “let women dress how they want” argument unfolded. I held my ground and said that women like them degrade our gender. Being fake plastic dolls adds to the image I hate so much. What ever happened to men being respectful towards women? I guess that died along with manners. You may say that I am over-reacting or a typical feminist but I don’t care. It’s how I am and if you don’t like it then tough. Quinton is the same too. He’s the one who supports me and encourages how I act and feel. My cousin did as well, the people who feel so strongly are the ones that actually change the world, and that is what I want to do. I want to change the world, for the better. I want change. So hopefully within time, I will change things.

I am thankful of those who support me. My cousin, Yuki, Quinton, Allie, Holly and Lina are a few. I talked to my friend Yuki about this and with her permission she stated this:

“It’s a ridiculous double standard. We’re supposed to make something of ourselves and yet be blond-headed oversexed ditsy Paris Hiltons.” - Yuki

Think what you want of me. I have and never will care about what others think. I am who I am. This is me. This is Noelle.

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I want one ;_; really bad...I hate how my photoshopping/drawing skills suck hardcore!

The ones I've seen so far look amazing..if anyone knows of a how-to tutorial on how to create them, I'd like to see it because..maybe..my boyfriend would figure it out XD.

Well I'm new to deviant art...just joined today actually, heh. Let's see...don't expect any actual...drawings/art to come from me, I suck at drawing, have tried and unless a miracle from God descends upon my horrible-drawing doomed soul, there's no hope. BUT I thrive at writing poems and such. I write what I feel and if you don't like it, then don't read it. I'm honest and being a honest person will do your heart and mind good. I'll try and write as much as possible, I need to find some old st00f...which is prolly buried underneath all my books or in my "videogame cheat codes" drawer ((which by the way has enough paper to cover the wall of China)) Err...so I'll try my best and I hope you'll enjoy meh works, ciao!

x-Noelle-x