To my wonderful bloggers:
You may be curious about the reason why I am starting a blog. I am taking an English course at Texas A&M University and one of the class assignments was to create a blog on our class themes of Rhetoric and Violence. I have never done a blog before, but so far it seems really interesting and a good way share your opinions and write about how you feel about certain topics that interest you. I am excited to see where this takes me so let's get started!
Throughout the rest of my blog, if you couldn't already tell by my title, I will be talking about different views of what beauty really is and the extremes people will go to make sure that they meet those "standards"- as I like to call, impossible and unattainable standards. Some things that I will be discussing are media influences, how models can portray beauty but at the same time violence, other blogs about beauty that can create violence, consequences to the human body itself, and much more which will require you to read more on my blog to find out!
This topic may seem like something a girl would talk about; something very cliché. I would like to say that without a doubt this is something very important to me. If you are not happy with yourself, it's difficult to be happy with anything around you. Through this blog I want to get a specific point across: Every person is unique and stunning in their own way. That's what is so amazing about being you! Why would you want to try to be something or somebody you're not when you have your own person to be?
Now I know you can't wait to read my next blog but unfortunately I can't post that right now. But what I can do is give you a preview of what I will be blogging about next! For next week: The Perception of Beauty- is it really worth it?
Katie.
"Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight." -1 Peter 3:4
I really like this topic. This is also something that is important to me. I look forward to reading your blog and seeing your perspective on the subject manner.
ReplyDeleteThis is a concept that me and many of my peers have struggled with. I am interested in what your perspective is on this concept.
ReplyDeleteI am very curious on what you have to say, I feel like this is a great topic that is something most people do not think about when it comes to violence. Although, a lot of problems that face "beauty" has to do with disorders, so I'm excited to see what you have to say about that!
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That is one of my most favaorite verse EVER. I love the theme of using beauty as being broken and leading to violence. That's how most of this broken world works. I'm excited to see all the conclusions you arive to as you try to unmask it all.
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