Media Mania

I've thought my life is mostly boring for a long time, but I recently started thinking maybe "boring" is better.

Thinking about all those Hollywood celebrities, and their lives started this thought.

From celebs being in rehab, freaking out 'cause their bigger than their a size two, wearing really revealing clothing to get attention, doing all kinds of things to stay looking young, getting married but then divorcing a month or so later, Paris in jail, and all that stuff that really just seems stupid to me.

I mean, I've been hearing about the media "sexualizing young girls", and I've seen a padded bra for a six year old girl. Six years old! When I was six, I had band aids on my knees, my short hair was almost always a rats nest, got dirt on my face almost all the time, and I played Pokémon or dodge ball during recess with the boys.

Yeah, I'm certainly not like that anymore, but still, why would any girl want to grow up that fast? Do they think adults have it better, are they in a hurry to start dating?

I've never been on a date my own self, but I've certainly learned "love" isn't all it's cracked up to be (I'm not saying I don't believe in love, my parents have been married twenty six years, and I wouldn't call it "love", but I've had lots of crushes, but only ever one I actually really acted on).

It just weirds me out when I show up at the park to hang out with my friends, and I'm wearing jeans, a plain old T-shirt and beat up old sneakers, nothing really showy, and there's some little girl running around in a tight little mini skirt, with this small tank top on, and pretty shoes. Who wears that to play in a park?

Then there are the girls I know who are about ten, eleven, and supposedly "dating" and have a "boyfriend". I'm sixteen (yeah, I'll say my age), and I've never really had a boyfriend (there was one guy, but he doesn't really count I don't think), and, as I already said, I've never been on a single date, and certainly never been asked on one.

I didn't really start thinking about boys until I was probably about twelve or so, and here I am four years later, no boyfriend, and I'm cool with that (I won't deign that I am interested in starting to date).

I don't know anything much about the boys side of all this (why should I?), but I am noticing young boys are dressing differently, and acting differently, but I can't really judge on that, because I have no idea what goes on in a guys mind.

But I don't think I can claim to know what goes on inside a little girls mind either, I was six ten whole years ago.

Still, I wonder if it's really the media's fault, or if it's really the parents fault for letting their kids dress, and act, like that. Sure, the media puts that thought out there, but it's for a person to decide if they're going to let their kid dress in those clothes.

I can tell you this, if I ever have a daughter, I'm not going to let her wear mini skirts and make up until she's a teenager. Why do little girls need to wear make up? I only started wearing make up this year, and not that much of it.

Also on this subject, I recently read "Teen Vogue" (only to read an article on the three main stars of Harry Potter), and I was both impressed, and disappointed at the same time.

Apparently there are girls out there who think that being able to see everyone of someones ribs is sexy, and I disagree, it's not sexy, it's unhealthy, while there are also some models out there wearing shirts that say things like "Eat or Die" to parties. My kudos to those models, way to stand up for health. I've heard one too many stories about models fainting during runway shows.

I'm a size sixteen (yeah, I know, it's not "cool" to be that size), and yeah, I am doing things to start losing weight, but I'm not panicing over not fitting in skinny jeans or looking good in a mini skirts. I would like to go down a few sizes, but I will never been one of those "sexy" girls, and I know it. Guess what? I don't really care. I like people to see me for me, and like me for me, not what size I wear.

Here's the big thing when it comes to this, shouldn't people like each other because of who they are, and not how skinny or "sexy" they are? The word "sexy" drives me nuts, don't ask me why.

Hey, doesn't Green Day have a song about the media, you know "American Idiot"? Good song, I listen to it all the time, mainly to keep me away from stuff like that.

Yeah, I think that's enough of my ranting, but there are my thoughts. If you agree, cool, I'm glad we think the same way, if not, I respect your opinion.

Comment and share you thoughts if you'd please.