annotated bibliography

Work Cited

Botelho, Greg. "Seventeen Magazine Vows Not to Alter Images, to 'celebrate Every Kind of Beauty' –

               CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 06 July 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2012.

               <http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/05/us/seventeen-photoshopping/index.html>.

                This article is about how a 14-year-old girl who attempted to get Seventeen Magazine to stop photo shopping their models.  She made a petition, and got thousands of people to sign it, before she brought it straight to Seventeen’s headquarters.  I want to use this source as a starter block on the issue of how the media adds pressure to the youth to look perfect.  The author of the article gives both sides of issue, that of the little girl and then one of the magazine. He also includes interviews with the magazine personal itself which help show their stance on this issue more.  By him doing this is shows the intensive research that he put into for this article.  

Conley, Mikaela. "The Real-Life Ukrainian Barbie Doll." ABC News. ABC News Network, 23 Apr. 2012.  

Web. 25 Oct. 2012. <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/04/23/the-real-life-ukrainian-

               barbie-doll/>.

                This article is a about a Russian model who looks sickeningly similar to Barbie. She claims that she has never had plastic surgery and doesn’t alter her pictures.  I choose this article specifically for that fact that the author had the same stance has I had.  The main point made by the author was one of the Valerie is showing a prime example of how the society’s expectations of beauty are putting to so much pressure on the youth.  I also used this source based on the fact that I believed what the author was saying. Unlike many articles on this topic, this author had credible sources for her information and interviews that she conducted herself.

Slattery, John. "News." NYC Political Strategist Says Southwest Airlines Told Her And Mother They Must

Buy 4 Seats « CBS New York. N.p., 18 May 2011. Web. 25 Oct. 2012.

<http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/05/18/another-too-fat-to-fly-controversy-hits-southwest-          

               airlines/>.

This articles brings up the controversial topic of being “too fat” to fly.  A woman and her mother were humiliated in the airport when they were forced to buy two seats, each, based on their weight.  I chose the certain article because they interviewed Kenlie themselves.  The article showed their whole interview and this gave me a better perspective on what exactly happened and not just things other news reporters had to say about it. This article is going to help me when I try and show that society is not yet accepting of overweight individuals.

Thomson, David. "Big Ideas Live Here." The New Republic. TNR.com, 6 Aug. 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2012.

<http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/105847/the-inscrutable-life-and-death-marilyn- 

               monroe>.

                This article talks about the life and death of Marilyn Monroe. David discusses the darker part of her life that lead up to her overdose on pills, which ended her life.  What made me want to use this source was the fact that it had her whole life story in it, not just some random interesting facts. If I was going to write this post the way that I wanted, which was using facts about her background and comparing it to mine, then I needed to be well versed in who she was.  Not only does the article supply me with what I needed, but it also the author shares the same belief of me that beauty and fame isn’t what is important.  The only difference is that he uses the term “beauty isn’t truth”. 

TLC. ""Pretty Woman" Toddler | Toddlers & Tiaras." YouTube. YouTube, 08 Sept. 2011. Web. 05 Nov.

                2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAxEt5YL8w4>.

                This video is to show an example of how some of the parents, in these “Glitz” pageants, are taking things too far. The mother, in the clip, is shown dressing up her child like a prostitute.  I chose this certain YouTube video because of the interview that takes place with one of the moms. Since my whole post was going to be about how I opposed what is taking place on the television show, showing a  pageant mom disagree with something she saw take place helped back up my point of view.