Look around at the latest cover of Cosmogirl or Teen Vogue. These teen magazines feature the air-brushed, perfect celebrity flashing her toothy smile and curve-induced figure. This ideal beauty is not something new and has always been used as a tactic to attract viewers. But when this concept of (...)
Sometime last week my mum and I were watching the news, waiting for the weather forecast. While waiting I continued to watch the news to see what things were going on in the world – after all I was on a mobile-home camping trip with my family so it’s not like I had access to Wi-Fi! (...)
You know it’s the start of school when it’s time to get new books, new classes, new teachers, and new anxious feelings. Whether someone is starting middle school, high school, or college, it seems that everyone knows what I’m talking about: the issue of body image.
I remember when I was (...)
Ok, so I’ve just been staring at Microsoft Word 2010 for the past 4minutes thinking about what to draft for my next YouthNoise blog. As my mind’s clocks were ticking away I looked down at the date on my desktop: 02/09/2011. Do you know what today is? Well done because I don’t! All I know (...)