I've always thought blogging was so complicated, a waste of time and done by only geniuses so when I was told to create my very own, not only was I petrified I was also confused. Everyday I visit about three to five blog sites, so you can say I'm your typical "gossip girl". I love being informed whether it's general news or gossip, the fact is I'm learning something I didn't know. So, when I had to create my own blog I couldn't think of anything, I called friends to help me out and I got the same response "what do you like", "it's all about you", "make it your own" and my answer was "everybody doesn't like what I like". As I struggled with that notion, I looked across from me and took a glance at my roommate whom I think is exceptionally beautiful and said to myself "well she fits the beauty category", then walked over to my suite mate and saw she was on her laptop and thought "there goes media". Then it hit me, whether you claim you're not into beauty, fashion or media individually you're wrong. I realize we all have something in common.
Beauty in America has taken a whole new audience and it's become so narrow minded that if you don't look a certain way and weigh a specific pound you aren't classified or called beautiful. The media might define beauty as blonde hair, blue-eyed, size two and you don't fit that category, does that mean you're not beautiful? I don't fit those category and I don't think I'm ugly. Beauty comes in so many different colors and sizes, beauty is variety, beauty is ever-changing.
When I think of beauty, I envision her. Even though she has a type of beauty that is down played in our society doesn't mean she isn't beautiful. I think she's beautiful and that makes me feel good about myself and feature because I can relate to her. Just because she isn't portrayed in the media as a beauty icon doesn't mean i shouldn't believe I'm beautiful. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" Be you of Caucasian, Hispanic, Native-American ethnicity, you are beautiful. I've had friends who think they're ugly because they were either plus-sized, too dark-skinned, or had a certain feature that wasn't beautiful to them and it broke my heart listening to them. I've met people who said they don't care about beauty and getting dressed up is for insecure people, but they had makeup on and brushed hair. It always strike me as, if you didn't think of what people thought of you, why do you wear makeup and brush your hair? Beauty is a very huge part of everybody, everybody wants to be beautiful, everybody wants to seem beautiful.
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the streets, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what's happening" Coco Chanel. Fashion is everything whether you agree or not, it is. There's a reason why you're dressed like that; there's a reason why you look that way. Whether you're dressed down or up, fashion plays a part in it. The idea you had or what look you were going for has to do with fashion. H&M is one of my favorite store because; they're semi cheap, has a lot variety and very playful with clothes. Fashion is supposed to be fun and colorful. I get the "you look fashionable", "you're so into clothes" "i like your style" and then they go I don't care must for fashion but you look nice. The thing is, I dress the way I dress because it's the only thing that works for me. I look at people and give compliments because I could never wear something they have on but I get the dead stare like are you trying to mock me. Fashion to me is the idea behind the clothes, it's the way you make the simplest of things work. Everybody tries to be fashionable, whether it works or not; an attempt was made.
Media is the largest growing network in the world so media basically dominates everything. Media influences the way you think, who you look at a certain opinion and your reaction to situations. I am not ashamed to say, "media made me" and you should be either. It's a fact. We focus on the media and their opinions so much that we down play our beauties and style. Media is the reason beauty is so important in our culture, media is the reason everybody wants to be fashionable, media is the reason we dare to be different. Media has some advantages and disadvantage, media isn't always right because it's not everybody's opinion. Teens have committed suicides because they didn't think they were pretty, people laughed at them because they look a certain way. The media affects everybody and in this day and generation the media has become somewhat of our mentor and guide. We are not the media, the media is us and once we come to that realization, we will take the next step into making this world a better place for us; where we can love ourselves for who we are and forget what others opinions are. As of then and for now, I'll have to say media made you and I.
