Lotus in the Mudd

I recently watched a documentary called America the Beautiful that made me think about how I think about myself physically.  The movie shows how media shapes our personal physical image.  Let me tell you,  it is not a possitive image.  We compare ourselves to the images we see from TV, movies, magazines and music.  Most of the images that we see are altered either by the photographer or by the computer. When we see these images incomparison to our own image we end up feeling less or not beautiful enough.

America the Beautiful follows Darryl Roberts as he interviews and illustrates the many sources of information, ideas, and beliefs young women are subjected to in our society. The film show how our culture is poisoning women, first in their minds and souls through unattainable standards of beauty, and then even physically with toxic cosmetics many of which have been banned in Europe. This is yet another pointer to the fact that we are living in a age that is hypnotized by marketing and mass media.