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PaolaRios
November4,2015
ProfessorOgbarra
English101

Sources
1."Zendaya'sReactionToAMagazinePhotoshoppingHerBodyIsPerfect."BuzzFeed.
21Oct.2015.Web.4Nov.2015.

ActressZendayaColmanparticipatedinaphotoshoot,andthemagazineappeared
tohavephotoshoppedherpicturesmakingherhipsandtorsosmaller.Colemanstated
"Thesearethethingsthatmakewomenselfconscious,thatcreatetheunrealisticidealsof
beautythatwehave.(Colman).Thisarticleexplainshowmagazineswantwomentolook
theywantwomentoappearthinnerthanwhattheyreallyaresothatitcanbemore
appealingtotheeye.Thissourceisveryusefulsinceitshowshowmagazinesimpact
awomansappearance.Theinformationinthissourceisreliablebecauseshetweeted
aboutitfromherpersonaltwitteraccount.Thegoalofthissourceistostandforpure
love;loveyourselfthewayyouare.Thegoalofthissourceisalsotogiveinspirationto
girlswhofeelashamedoftheirbodies.Averyobjectivesource.
Thissourcefitsintomyresearchbecauseitgoestoshowhowthemediaportrayswomen
andhowwomenareexpectedtolookinordertobeconsideredbeautiful.Thissourcewas
veryhelpfulbecauseitbasicallygivesapersonalexampleofZendaya,andhowthe
magazinewantedhertorsoandwaisttoappear.Thissourcehelpsmeshapemyargument

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becauseitbacksupmypointonhowthemediaimpactsawomansselfimage.This
sourcehasnotchangedonhowIthinkaboutmytopic.

2.Lutz,Ashley."Abercrombie&FitchCEOWon'tApologizeForSayingHeOnly
WantsCoolThinPeopleToWearHisClothes."BusinessInsider.BusinessInsider,Inc,
16May2013.Web.2Nov.2015.

AbercrombieandFitchCeoMikeJefferieselaboratesonhowthecompanyonly
hiresgoodlookingpeople.JeffreriesalsostateswhythecompanydoesnotsellsizeXL
orXXLinwomen.JefferiesstatesThatswhywehiregoodlookingpeopleinour
stores,becausegoodlookingpeopleattractothergoodlookingpeople,andwewantto
markettocool,goodlookingpeople.Wedontmarkettoanyoneotherthanthat.In
additionJefferiesalsoclaimed...hewasntbotheredbyexcludingfatpeople.thatnot
limitinghisidealdemographicwouldmakehisclothinglessdesirable.
Thissourceisveryusefulasitshowshowwomenareexpectedtolookinordertobe
consideredgoodlookinghissourceisreliablebecausetherewasaprotestagainst
AbercrombieandFitchwhentheCEOhadmadethosediscriminatorycomments.
Thissourcewasindeedhelpful,itwillhelpmeshapemyargumentasitproveshow
companieswantwomentolookandwhatsizewomenshouldbe.

3.http://literati.credoreference.com.libwin2k.glendale.edu/content/entry/estbiha/media_in
fluences_on_female_body_image/0?searchId=0e5fb6ab838911e5aae4
0aea1e3b2a47&result=1

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Thissourceprovidesresearchandtheoryaboutmediainfluenceonfemalebody
imageanddescribesathinnessschemaabouthowwomenaredissatisfiedwiththeir
bodiesandhowfatisugly,undesirable,andbad.Thisarticlealsosummarizeshow
massmediapertainstotheimpactofmassmediaonbodyimage.
Veryhelpfulsource,sinceitstatestheeffectsthatmediahasonbodyimage.Reliable
sourcessinceitwasfoundonliteratibycredo.Objectivesource.

4.http://search.proquest.com.libwin2k.glendale.edu/docview/224855569/BDE83C027E3
A484FPQ/4?accountid=27372
Thisarticleexplainshowthemediaaffectswomensbodyimage.Inthisarticleit
statesWhenwomencomparethemselveswithmediaimagesofidealfemales
attractiveness,aperceiveddiscrepancybetweentheiractualattractivenessandthe
mediasstandardofattractivenessislikelytoresultThisimpliesthatwomenresultin
socialcomparisons,theycomparehowtheylooktowomeninmagazinesoron
television.
Thissourceisbeneficialandhelpfultomyresearchsinceitassertshowthemediais
negativelyimpactwomenlivesandtheirappearance.Thisisnotabiassourceinsteaditis
anobjectivesource.
5.Song,Isabel."TheBodyImageIssuePlaguingMyGeneration."TheHuffingtonPost.
TheHuffingtonPost.com,31July2014.Web.15Nov.2015.

ThissourcecalledTheBodyImageIssuePlaguingMyGenerationisabouthow

societyhasastandardonhowawomanbodyissupposetolook;Sexy,ultrathin
vixenwithathighgappreferablywithbreastthesizeofbasketballs.Thissourceisvery

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helpfultomyresearchasitshowshowsocietyviewswomenandthepressureimposed
onwomen,tohavethatperfectbody.