Directly underneath her title is an advertisement for "The jumper of the season," young women are subconsciously being convinced that with the purchase of the jumper, not only will they find happiness through fashion, but they will have the approval of Lily Allen by wearing it. ... Whilst ELLE magazine is highly respected and popular, its interests towards readers come second to its desires for profitability. ...

• Word Count: 795
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Kittle describes the kind of situation she has suffered by saying that "the outer competition I am participating in and witnessing is affecting me negatively, I simultaneously begin to feel little desire to continue modeling or acting and, overnight, I become ill." ... To summarize, "Beauty sickness" is a term for a modern disease that features those who are inevitably obsessed with the strong desire to beautify their bodies to extreme degree while being exposed to the situation in which the society narrowly defines beauty. ... Psychologically, negative feelings such as self-hatred an...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde which expresses the desire for eternal beauty and youth, which is a representation of today's society and its fixation on appearance. ... We're subconsciously pressed into falsely idolising the beautiful people and then told that we can be like them if we spend a certain amount of money. ...

• Word Count: 1090
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate