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Final Draft!!

Here's the link to my final draft of my research paper! My google docs was messing up when I was trying to work on it a few days so it was just easier for me to work offline in Microsoft Word. Anywho, enjoy!

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Link to my google doc for my research paper! Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HgOOERTXFL_ddZcVVx6zhqWaU_2fW7FoFIzilDroQS0/edit

I wrote this on http://sync.in/jVAO61GQNN-  . . . however, in the off chance it didn't post correctly . . . here's my work.

Obama said that business owners didn't become successful on their own. In his speech, he made it seem like they did nothing to account for their successes. Thus, the new intertnet "meme" says he basically built it for them and that they are not at all responsible for their own success--i.e. the government did everything. Therefore, in the picture of the child building her own legos, President Obama is saying that the child didn't build it and inferring the government did.

   Come on, get real . .  .

    My reality is whatever I am engulfed in at the moment. It's the people I see, the places I go, and how it all affects me. It's my own slice of heaven, if you will. When I was a little girl, my reality, probably described now as distorted, was that the world was full of good people like in the Disney movies. I thought that everyone got married and they were a nobody unless they had kids (and kids that were around my age of course). I remember thinking that every day was a day for playing, watching Barney, and having snuggle time with my mom in the early afternoon. As I grew older, my reality, like my body, changed.
     As a young girl I lived through my imagination. I would make up imagination friends as well as whole scenarios for my Barbies, Polly Pockets, and cabbage patch kids. I used to hang out a good bit with friends as well, however, as I was the only one home when my sisters went to school during the day, I thoroughly enjoyed just exploring my house. I thought my house was this vast mansion that had to be discovered (kind of like the Indiana Jones movie . . . ). When it was finally time for me to go to school, I told my mom to "get over it and invite a friend over because I have to see what this school thing is all about." Little did I know, my reality changed yet again.
     As a school girl, every day was filled with lots of other kids. I learned that there was a whole world outside of my house. I discovered reading, writing, but, my favorite, math. I would try to count everything. I became obsessed with numbers and never could read enough. My mom would literally have to pry the books from my hands at night. My mind was so inquisitive and just wanted to learn more.
       Throughout the rest of my childhood and preteen years, my reality changed again, but some things remained constant. I remained engulfed in my family, in the catholic church, and my schoolwork. Those three things alone were the most important to me. I would focus on it every day.
    Now, my reality as a college student, is trying to keep scholarships and work every day towards my dream of becoming a pediatrician. I try to surround myself with good people and fill my time with things that will make me succeed in life (good friends, reading, doing research, etc). Every day, I wake up, look at my English homework online, eat some cereal, and attempt to do it accurately. Then, I'll usually watch whatever show I'm addicted to on Netflix (right now it's How I met your Mother). Next, I'll usually run some errands, go to lunch, read the news, and finally work out. Oh, and sometime during the day I call my mother before going to work at 5pm. Yup, that's who I am right now. I live in the moment, do spontaneous things. For instance, last night I just randomly decided to go on an adventure exploring Clemson at midnight with two girlfriends of mine. Right now, being 19, I feel like I should do everything possible to experience everything I can; when my friends ask me to go on a hike, I almost always say yes; I jumped off a 20 foot rock a few weeks ago into the water just because I could; I flew an airplane; I went to my first blacklight party. I feel like in this time of my life, it's important to find out who I am and plan for the future. So, I guess my reality is living for the now and experiencing everything college has to offer me.

Organization:

Barack Obama Campaign for 2012
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/183813/bill-clinton-hails-bin-laden-raid-in-obama-campaign-ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD75KOoNR9k

    As President Barack Obama is trying to get re-elected for a second term in office, he is hitting the campaign ads hard these days. Bill Clinton, praised as the "last successful" president by democrats, says that Obama made the "harder" choice. The clip is skillfully organized where it makes a story out of Obama's term in office and shows him as a strong leader willing to make the hard, right decisions. Although I do not agree with the message of the video as it infuriates me that it seems Obama is taking all of the credit for the many men and women in the military, it was still skillfully done. The clip does a good job of showing how others in Washington, especially Obama's competitor, did not see how this was worth all the money to kill one person. Obama, however, being a person who wants to do the right things, did what he thought was necessary to do--kill Bin Laden. The storyboard is very powerful and uses another successful president to show how successful our current one is despite Clinton's known extra activities.
   The organization is a story. It shows how Obama was given a hard decision, he dealt with criticism, and he made the "tough" choice. It's kind of one of those movies you see as a kid where the good guy wins in the end.

Topics to cover
* I want to start out with making some quotes and just get the readers attention. Then, I want to progress throughout the timeline of a female's life. I want to talk about how body image starts from an early age, who and what affects that image, then how it changes as we grow up.  I want to incorporate how the beauty industry, peers, role models, and those who are in authority (i.e. teachers, parents, principals) make a huge impact on this.

I. Introduction
   i. Start out with some quotes "Oh does my butt look fat in this?", "Can I lose weight on this program . . . ", etc.
II. Talk about how body image forms and starts from an early age---incorporate negativity throughout this (i.e. how girls in the Western world, especially America tend to struggle with being satisfied with their bodies)
   i. CHILDHOOD
        a. The woman around you during childhood is what really helps to shape it--i.e. role models.
        b. what girls wear in school could have an effect on it---perhaps talk about dress codes and how  
            they are good and bad.
        c. Should we try to keep girls sheltered from the media as long as we can so they can be kids? (My
            mom did and it made me not get into make up and care about how I look until later on.)
   iii. Progression into PRETEEN YEARS
        a. Start using make-up---not good enough to just "wear" your own face everyday.
              1. With the start of make up, girls start to look at ads, read magazines like Cosmogirl, and pay
                  attention to their clothing.
              2. Typically, this is the first time in their life they look at the mirror and think, "wow, I don't
                   look good enough."
              3. Never enough to just put a little bit of make up on--have to look like a movie star
              4. First thing a female does in the morning is look in the mirror to see how she looks and if she
                  needs to lose weight.
        b. Puberty
             1. Starting to become attracted to either the opposite or same sex---the onset of puberty plays a

                 huge role in why females start caring about the way they look---they just want to impress  

                 that boy, or look better than this one girl . . .

             2. Having sexual feelings for someone causes females to try to appear "sexy" and "hot" from 

                 an early age.

                     i. This is further emphasized by the media and how there's a constant obsession with sex.

   iv.  TEENAGE YEARS

         a. Competition with other girls

               1. always wanting to be the best looking. Not enough to be beautiful--have to be the most 

                  beautiful in America like a movie star.

        b. Obsession with weight

                1. Told that you're only worth looking at if you have a certain physique 

                2. This is the most thought about as a teen--am I skinny enough?

        c. Media

                1. Females watching shows like MTV where girls wear very little and are provocative

                2. Ads 

                3. Movies

                4. Movie stars and what they're wearing

         d. Affect of college girls

                1. Females tend to look at girls just a few years older than them rather than their mothers for 

                    how to look.

         e. Psychological effects of body image

                1. depression can set in with dissatisfaction of body image

                2. obsession of how you look

         f. Eating disorders develop

         g. Obsession with working out

    v. Early 20s

          a. This is the last time you're going to have this great body this easily. Supposed to be the best 

              time of your life.

          b. Alcohol and how it affects the body as well as body image

          c. Looking good in the job

          d. Wanting to have a good "look" to attract a mate for life.

          e. College years---sluttier than work force years

    vi. Adulthood

            a. How you look in the mirror every day

            b. Always on a diet--more than half the women in the US are said to be on a diet every day. 

            c. How their actions affect those younger than them.

VII. Conclusion

        a. Recap on body image developing from an early age

        b. psychological affects of a bad body image

       

Some interesting things to fit in:

1. Zooey Deschanel's post about thinspiration and how she'll never buy into it 
1. Link : http://hellogiggles.com/the-fat-shaming-of-kate-upton-or-why-ill-never-buy-the-difference-between-thinspiration-and-pro-ana-websites
2. Dove ads
1. the campaign for real beauty link: http://www.dove.us/Social-Mission/campaign-for-real-beauty.aspx
3. Body Rock giving women a good image on a healthy body.
1. Link: http://www.bodyrock.tv/
4. How insurance companies emphasize BMI in certain states
5. affect of diet in America
6. Stars like Kate Beckinsale, Kierra Knighly, Angelina Jolie and how they are way too thin--what message it sends to young girls.
7. Obsession with Body image articles
1. http://www.tcnj.edu/~unbound/spring2005/articles/l2
2. http://badgerherald.com/oped/2006/02/10/america_maintains_un.php
3. Social Issues Research Center: http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html
4. Affect of thin models: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-09-25-thin-models_x.htm

Professor Butts, I understand I could talk about the progression of a female's life. However, is this interesting enough? I just don't want my audience to be like "oh I've heard this before" and not interested at all . . .