Media Images - Response to “Chicken Hips” essay (from Imprints) I think that many teenagers are very strongly influenced by the media when it comes to their bodies. Teenagers, especially girls, continuously strive to make themselves more attractive according to society, which in North America, is based on the media. For example, in TV commercials for cosmetics and such, the models are always of the slender, tall type. Even if the commercial is for a …showed first 75 words of 333 total…

…showed last 75 words of 333 total…like just so they can fit in. The author is one of these people, since she changes her body according to the society she is currently in, but she fails to acknowledge it and she fails to acknowledge the other part of society who aren’t affected by the media. Therefore I think the author and other people like her shouldn’t blame the media itself, but blame themselves for letting the media control them.