Detour uses this ad as "a method of advertisement based on selling a concept rather than a product" as seen in The Ideology of Consumption: The Challenges Facing a Consumerist Society (Jansiz, 5). ... Young women are so obsessed with beauty that they do not realize over consuming these products is not aiding in their physical health, but adding to a consumer- generated society Culturally we is so obsessive over appearance, that images are used as discourse to tell women who they should be. ...

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Hypnotism is an exceptionally interesting experience to witness firsthand. With an object as ordinary as a swinging pocket watch, some individuals have the power to gain control of another person's mind by lulling them into a meditative state. The hypnotist is able to speak to the person's subconscious mind, directly bypassing their normal conscious thoughts and defenses, influencing them on their most basic level of thought. This instigates an unusual response in individuals under hypnosis, as they ignore all but what the hypnotist suggests. The Christopher Nolan movie Inception d...

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As explained in the article "BMI-Based Body Size Guides For Women and Men: Development and Validation of a Novel Pictorial Method to Assess Weight-Related Concepts" by CV Harris, AS Bradlyn, J Coffman, E Gunel and L Cottrell, "Using Photoshop software, images were standardized by adding a gender-matched composite face to each body and removing any unusual or distinguishing features (that is, tattoos, scars, or excessive body hair)" (337). ...

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