My Bodies of the Year Response

My Bodies of the Year was a pretty typical article about body image. Body image is a very controversial topic these days. People are always writing articles and talking about how people, women especially, are very revealed in the media. In advertisements for things that relate to partying and fun, such as cigarettes and alcohol, the people in the advertisements are normally skinny, tan, and hot. When in reality, over usage of alcohol and cigarettes will eventually deteriorate your look, but companies don’t want people to know about that. So body image is definitely important to companies that are trying to sell products that appeal to people. 

The article points out that it seems like every celebrity nowadays is getting naked, and thinks nothing of it. I think that’s because once one person does it, and they get all that attention, everyone thinks that it is acceptable to be half naked up on stage for the whole world to see. People have somewhat lost the importance of actual music, because as long as some sexy naked person is singing the song, they will be attracted to it, which is also why I think music these days is going downhill.

 Wesley did mention how movie stars have to look a certain way physically in order to fully achieve the look for a certain character. I believe that how you look is very important in this world. It shouldn’t be the top priority, and it shouldn’t make or break you, but if I was interviewing someone for a job and they were clean and well kept, it shows a lot about their personality, it shows that they care about how the look to people and that they want to look good. 

But there is a fine line between putting effort into your appearance like cleaning yourself, wearing a little bit of makeup and doing your hair. But when people get excessive spray tans, plastic surgery, and crazy hair dyes, that is when, to me, it gets to be too much. I don’t think there is such thing as the perfect looking person, I feel that if everyone put a little bit of effort into their appearance, but not over-the-top, everyone would look and feel great about themselves.