Ava's Writing 205 Blog

                           UNIT 2 REFLECTION  How did you choose the audience for this piece? What specific rhetorical choices did you make in your piece to better reach that audience (quote yourself)? When making my piece on beauty standards, I carefully selected the audience based on interest and relevance to the topic. Specifically, I aimed to reach individuals who are impacted by or interested in discussions surrounding societal norms of beauty. With this, I tried my very best to achieve quality engagement when it comes to the topics of beauty standards. I took a deep dive into younger generations as statistics have shown they are greatly impacted by beauty standards. To demonstrate I included: “ Out of 1000 adolescent girls surveyed, 88% of the girls believe that media puts a lot of pressure on them to be thin.”  How did you challenge yourself in researching this piece? Claim what’s happening ...

                              BEAUTY STANDARDS ***For my unit 2 project, I decided to take a completely different approach when it comes to my topic than I did for my unit 1 portfolio as I feel beauty standards are a complex topic that has a great effect on our society today as a whole and I have a personal connection to this topic.*** ***My target audience is young individuals consumed by the media*** Beauty standards are a topic of great complexity. This is due to various reasons such as cultural, social, historical, and individual factors. Beauty standards, perpetuated by media, culture, and societal norms, impose unrealistic and often harmful expectations on individuals, leading to issues of self-esteem, body image dissatisfaction, and a need for reevaluation to create inclusivity and acceptance in all forms of beauty rather than trying to conform to societal standards. My first source talks ...

                             Beauty Standards Beauty standards are a topic of great complexity. This is due to various reasons such as cultural, social, historical, and individual factors.  My first source talks about the impact of "digitally altered images of individuals' body satisfaction and beauty aspirations."  This source looks at the impact of digitally altered images on one's body satisfaction and beauty aspirations. This source explains that great research shows that women high in social comparison were more likely to experience increased dissatisfaction when it comes to their image.  Action being taken in both Israel and France to help combat this major issue in society throughout the world includes that it is a legal requirement to disclose when photographs of models have been digitally modified. These efforts serve as inspiration that hopefully society as a whole will start to...

Courtney Reissing the Author of The Accidental Feminist When exploring the library for something to check out I came Across the book The Accidental Feminist  its bright vibrant pink color is what drew me to this book once I opened the book it grabbed my attention and made me want to read more. As explained by Amazon this book is about " a  wife, mom, and successful writer who recounts her journey out of accidental feminism, offering wise counsel for Christian women related to relationships, body image, and more―drawing from the Bible rather than culture."  My relationship with technology has most definitely influenced my relationship with the library. These technological tools at the tip of my fingertips have allowed me to access almost everything I could need to complete my work regarding books and textbooks. I will say while I love going to the Library to do my work I can't remember the last time that I went to the library to check out a book. While libraries have count...