The perks of living in the 21st century

Societys deranged. There is no way to put it lightly, because it is. Between the mind numbing reality shows more or less partying, to the 80-pound model on every magazine we pick up. These crazy minutegs fuddle distorted our minds and have become our golf clubs norm. 90% of women be unhappy with their bodies, and 95% of teen girls think theyre fat. Is in that respect non something wrong with that? For years and years our lives have been run by wild role models and distorted images of salmon pink, in all(prenominal) resulting in mental wellness issues. When did thin become so in?And why is perfect the only dishful we see now? Musicians, Actors, Models, the celebrities, the race that us as individuals see everywhere, the people that are idolized similar to the way Christians worship God and deliverer Christ. We hail them, we praise them, and we envy them. Now what do most of them all have in common? Drop dead, gorgeous shades. They have it all, the m iy, fame, looks, ret ire the list is endless. What do we have? Hope. The hopes of peerless day becoming honourable like them. Have you ever seen an ugly singer or mover? No. There isnt any.Think of all the talented people turn out there that couldnt make it big well(p) because of one dilettanteish fragment. In Hollywood Im obese. Im considered a fat actress. (-Jennifer Lawrence) This quote displays how Hollywood is at the core of this disturbing phenomenon. How having a curvy body results in being called obese. Models should be thin, clothes just look better on people who are thin, certainly dissipate better. (-Calvin Klein) This quote is a representation of something that the devise industry has harnessed for years, if you not thin, its simple youre not in.What is dependable beauty? Because exploitation up in my times I only have one idea of it. The girls that are splashed across the magazines and the slender actresses in all the box office hits, growing up I was taught that thats what you had to look like to be beautiful. Being skinny and having perfect face organize is all you need it will bring you love, attention, and most of all, happiness. Growing up in a narcissistic generation has fueled minds to hurt and note pain when they dont meet the qualification and standards of todays version of beauty.Nothing tastes how skinny feels (-Kate Moss) this quote is just overall sad, it represents how our auberge thinks, and overall how people today run their lives. Teen girls worship The capital of Seychelles Secret models the exotic, tall, shockingly stunning women prance around in brusk to nothing every year for the annual Victoria Secret elbow room show. Along with it comes the wave of Tweets of young girls pouring out there insecurities. why cant I look like the Victoria Secret models. This fashion show is literally making me want to kill myself.Cant look at myself in the mirror ever again. (-Tweets) This forces girls to cave into the compel that society hands o ut on a golden platter. As every girl with weight issues knows, the foolproof method of self-protection is to get up the crap out of yourself before someone else has the chance. (Los Angeles Times) Millions of people out there have issues with their appearance, young girls, young boys, grown men, grown women, the whole lot. The standards of beauty in our society are just too high for the volume of the population to reach.In result we beat the shit of out our self in sheer anger and shame. Each year the number of mental health illnesses increase. From eating disorders, depression, anxiety, etc. Eating disorders have increased by four hundred% since 1970. Women today feel much worse about their body images than women some(prenominal) decades ago. (-Los Angeles times) This quote is proof that this is a generational issue. We have distorted the true image of beauty and shoved in an unrealistic standard that no one can live up too.This image that society has created is destroying us, bit by bit. People are dying everyday from illnesses that chemically irrupt in the brain, and the overwhelming and horrific pressure put on by the media and society causes it. 35,000 girls suffer from anorexia each day, 1 in 10 Americans are clinically depressed, and Teenagers are committing suicide almost on a daily basis. These numbers pool are shocking and continue to grow as the generation and macrocosm moves forward.Each week the average person watches 31 hours of television, spends 10 hours online, and 4 hours feeling through a magazine. This is the place where the media hits us hard. Where we are bombarded by the fadeless pursuits of perfection. Where beauty is taken to a whole new level and standard. Thats sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. Its getting harder and harder to find something real. authorized love, real friends, real body parts(-Jess C. Scott) Were the narcissistic generation, the generation that paints on beauty instead of finding in within.