Who has never heard of the Jonas Brothers? Unfortunately I have heard everything about them. Joe Jonas LOVES opb (organic peanut butter) and his birthday is on my sisters birthday, so they are obviously destined to be married. He also hates shellfish, has an iPhone, lifts weights, and dated Taylor Swift. Nick Jonas has diabetes, dated Miley Cyrus, and is competitive in sports. According to my little sister, "Kevin Jonas is just flat out ugly.". A big joke, right? Wrong, my little sister believes all of these things, along with most girls her age.
Experiencing the effects of media on my sister has proved to be hysterical and terribly sad at the same time. Yes, usually every girl has an obsession with famous boys of some sort at one point in their teenage life. But, my sister lives in a fantasy world of thinking she will have be famous one day (perhaps she will, who am I to say she won't?). I just don't want her to grow up with a false hope. And this is where I see problems with the media. Television shows, movies, music videos, posters, web sites, and magazines are filled with images and words that falsify and beautify Hollywood. Young, innocent girls like my sister are bound to become the bulls eye for all of the lies. Lies that say a girl has to be a certain size and hair color. I don't appreciate it. Not one bit.
What once was dolls and dress up is now pages and pages of magazines and stalking Internet sites. How many girls are being robbed of their girlhood from the lies of Hollywood?
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