Jayla

In “We’re categorized in these sizes-that’s all we are”: uncovering the social organization of young women’s weight work through media and fashion” it is explained how poorly plus size young women are portrayed through fashion and on media and how they are not being taken into accountability. This relates to the thesis because the article goes into depth about how fashion dispersed throughout social media has a “certain look” and this look doesn’t include plus size bodies. This exclusivity causes plus size women to be overlooked and make them feel as if they need to change to fit into the beauty standard set in place, and this can inventally cause signs of decreasing confidence, more insecurities, and symptoms of severe mental heath to arise. 

I believe that this article will help me with my thesis question because I will be able to learn about why these certain standards are set up in place for everyone to follow, and why there isn’t more inclusivity. By gaining more information from this article I can see how much of an impact does this social media presence have on young women and how it can affect their mental health and well being. This article allows me to gain insight more on fashion itself and the value it has to women in their daily lives. Also this article can help me see how fashion can make a person feel so confident but poorly and insecure all at once, and by seeing this I can see the areas of negativity that derives from social media.

Ferdinands, Alexa R., et al. “‘We’re Categorized in These Sizes-That’s All We Are’: Uncovering the Social Organization of Young Women’s Weight Work through Media and Fashion.” BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 1–16. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.eznvcc.vccs.edu/10.1186/s12889-022-13607-w. 

Can the spread of fashion through different platforms of social media cause rates of depression and eating disorders to surge due to body shaming on different types of bodies, hateful comments on different types of styles of fashion, and it can cause insecurities due to not being able to look like the “ideal” type? Can fashion models body type seen through social media influence teenagers to become insecure? Does social media cause the mental health of teenagers to decline due to the unrealistic beauty standards set in place? Is fashion, spreaded through social media, the only causing factor of teens declining mental health or does it stem from another source?

Entry 1 (9/5/2022):

Even though a garlic scape looks the same as other vegetables its shape and form makes it unique. but its smell makes it quite different which is what I like about it it. It’s smells bold and attracts people to notice it but yet turns people away. I like garlic its taste brings an addition to any dish and its aroma makes a dish smells great. On Saturday I went to a farmers market and before we left we were greeted by a familiar face the garlic man. The garlic man comes every Saturday with his wife to promote their garlic business. I personally have never met the garic man and have only heard stories from my mother and sister. As soon as we got to the stand he greeted us with nice words and smiles. He then went on to talk about how he grew the garic differently this batch then the last, and he even showed us the garlic salt that he made. After 3 minutes of talking to him we were buy bags of different types of garlic and garlic salt. He even told us that him and his wife were making garlic lotion which I thought was quite eccentric but cool. He also invited us to his farm to personally pick out some garlic and see their farm with cows. I guess garlic truly does bring us together.

Entry 2 (9/6/2022):

Even though garlic scapes are small they bring so much flavor to a dish. Garlic scapes bring a nice aroma as well as a mellowing taste. I love garlic scapes because they are an easier access to getting a garlic flavor than opening up an ordinary garlic clove. To open a garlic scape all u have to do is cut it with scissors and add it to a dish. Just a hint of it in a dish makes a big difference. If anyone has never tried or added garlic scapes into a dish they should because it’s a flavor that’ll change your food for the better.