What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video is about speakers’ experience from when she was 14 to 18 years old, she was on a strict diet to get skinny. She found that 100.000 thousand girls from the age 12 to 18 who suffered from an eating disorder. Self-objectification is the process of monitoring the body from an outsiders’ perspective. Self-objectification makes people think about what they are doing all day and they tend to criticize themselves because they do not look up to them and they do not fit in these images that are profound in them in this society. Fatphobia is the fear and dislike of obese people or obesity and the fear to get fat or the fear to be called fat.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose in this video is to expose beauty myths in social media and motivate people who are less confident because there are beauty myths that always make some people nervous so they can feel confident
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think this video is trustworthy because the video is recorded in an event and there are many audiences who join this event. The speaker is Meintje Beijen, a student at the Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem, the Netherlands. The source is TEDxYouth, I think it is trustworthy because it has 33,1 million subscribers.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speakers’ attitude and tone are very good for me. Her explanation is also very clear and easy to understand. She does not agree with statements about beauty myths that appear in social media.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
Some topics have been explained, she mentioned about “Diet Culture and Fat Phobia” magazine. She also read some surveys about this topic. During explaining the topic, she also sharing her material on a screen and she showed the proof of the different between fat and thin people
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https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/advertising-body-image-effects-5522.php
In this article, the author explained the negative effects on women in advertising. Many young females look at print ads and want to look like what they see in magazines and online.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
This video talks about someone’s ideal body in the media that people in real life are supposed to aspire to. The speaker said that ideals are universal, eternal, healthy and sexual and it is called the beauty myth because none of those things are true.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s main purpose is to inform the audience that the beauty myth that people found in media is some kind of marketing strategy to gain customer to buy their product
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think the speaker and the video are trustworthy because the video is taken to report as a documentary. I saw a lot of people attending the event.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speakers’ attitude and tone are very good for me. Her explanation is also very clear and easy to understand. She does not agree with statements about beauty myths that appear in social media. Every country has different ideal types of beauty.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think she has prepared to do surveys by exploring the internet, because in the video she mentioned some issues that happened in several countries.
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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/03/07/health/body-image-history-of-beauty-explainer-intl/index.html
the content of the article explains how beauty standards can change and improve over time and influence society
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
We start to think that we are not enough of something, that we are lacking in some areas that causes us to stifle opportunities for ourselves because we feel as though we do not belong and that we do not deserve. And even worse, we extend that lack of confidence and low self-esteem. Women were taught that our values were directly linked with our looks, our ability to get married, our ability to have children. And now still, women are still relegated to this idea that beauty and our looks are most important. But if you do not be like that, it does not mean you cannot accept or respect it. Because the current standard of female beauty is western women, who have fair skin, 70% percent of women in Lagos and Nigeria bleach their skin. Even when they know it causes cancer, they do it anyway.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
To persuade women to love themselves
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
The video is trustworthy. This video is from the TEDx Talks channel on youtube. And the speaker is Melissa Butler, an American entrepreneur who founded a cosmetic brand.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude towards the subject is positive. She seems to disagree with the beauty myths of women that she always listened to in society.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think the speaker put strong arguments in the video.
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https://www.whiteboardjournal.com/column/we-are-equal-the-next-generation-should-not-inherit-our-silly-beauty-standards/
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
People interpret beauty is not the youth, healthy and symmetrical that we naturally adore. But also skinny, tall and fair-skinned like a model. Pictures of a model that we often encounter on television, magazines, advertisements and others are a construction, made by a professional hairdresser, make-up, stylist, photographer. They work together to make this all look as attractive as possible. Because their goal is to persuade people to buy what they are selling.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
In this video the speaker’s main purpose is to persuade the audience not to believe in the advertisement of beauty products. Because it has been recreated by the beauty industry staff and that is the result of the cooperation between the crew.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
This video is trustworthy. And the speaker is Cameron Russell, an American fashion model and activist. I found this video is also from the TEDx Talks channel on youtube and it has been viewed 28M times. So, I think the source and the speaker are trustworthy.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude towards the subject is very positive. She does not mention any satire in the video. The speaker seems to disagree with the myth of beauty that often happens to women around her.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
Yes. The speaker made strong arguments about this topic. I think so, because she is a model and maybe she often faces this problem around her.
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https://mirror-mirror.org/body-image/the-media-and-body-image
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
In this video the speaker discusses how the business of beauty is very ugly. She mentioned that 4% of women self-identify as beautiful. The beauty industry will help those women to spend their money (to buy their products that claim will make women beautiful).
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The main purpose of the speaker is to motivate the audience and all those women who watch her video on Youtube to vote for brands that empower women, no more extreme photoshop on an advertisement.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think this video is quite trustworthy, because the content conveyed by the speaker in this video is closely related to the lives of women today. The speaker in this video is Carrie Hammer, a fashion designer from New York City. This video was uploaded by TEDxTalks Channel on Youtube about 5 years ago, has been viewed 434K times and has around 33M subscribers.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude towards the subject is nice. She does not mention any satire in the video. She seems to disagree with the beauty business that often occurs in society.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
Yes. I think it is because she is from the beauty industry, so she is about to know what may happen behind the scenes or what the beauty industry staff often talk about. She mentioned that the beauty business is ugly but it does not have to be, it is possible to make impossible beauty.
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What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
In this video, the speaker is sharing about her experience as a supermodel. Where her personal life must also be given up for the sake of the business she lives, which is to become a supermodel. She had to stick with the signed contract, even though she felt pressured and wanted to leave the modeling world. She is required to be a perfect woman so that the photos her agency creates are very good, such as following a strict diet, not being able to get pregnant, not being allowed to give birth to children. It means how dark life is as an entertainment that is always required to be physically perfect, in order to attract the attention of the audience.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s purpose is to speak up what she has been through to be a supermodel. She also wants to redefine what beauty is.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
I think this video is trustworthy because in this video the speaker is sharing about her experience, which is what she has been through to be a model. The speaker is Jennifer Gimenez, a supermodel from U.S.. I found this video from the TEDxTalks channel on Youtube.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
In the video the speaker talks emotionally. When exposing the darker side of beauty in the beauty industry, she cried. Her attitude towards the subject is very nice. I think she disagrees with the beauty industry side because she mentioned that she wants to redefine what beauty is.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
I think the speaker put strong arguments because it is based on her experience as a supermodel.
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https://millardwestcatalyst.com/10919/opinion/the-toxicity-of-beauty-standards/
This article contains some explanation that people beauty standard can makes women getting traumas.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
In this video, the speaker discusses several beauty myths that may occur around the world. Based on the speaker’s experience, when she looks for foundation shades but none match with her skin color, she tends to think that she is not beautiful rather than thinks that the products need to make shades more that match with her skin. She got bullied when she was in high school because of her skin a lot darker than her peers and her relatives. And she thinks that she was the wrong type of asian because she grew up in the society that believed that you are only beautiful if you have fair skin, and etc.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The speaker has a purpose to portray Asian women as women who are a force to be reckoned with.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
This video is trustworthy because all the beauty myths that she mentioned usually happen to women in society. The speaker is Yu-Chen Shih, a CEO and Orcé Cosmetics founder. I found this video from the Good Morning America channel on Youtube.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The speaker’s attitude towards the subject is very positive. She seems to disagree with the myth of beauty because she thinks that Asian women are not only those who have fair skin, skinny, petite face, straight hair, etc.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
It is because she is a cosmetics founder, so I think the speaker put forward strong arguments. She was more experienced because she must have met many different types of people with different beauties.
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https://millardwestcatalyst.com/10919/opinion/the-toxicity-of-beauty-standards/
This article is about how toxic people are who are influenced by beauty standards that make them have to always be the expectations of others to look perfect. Unrealistic beauty standards are a plague to today’s society. This can lead mental health issues or other issues.
What is being discussed in the video? Explain your answer.
In this video, the speakers talk about cultural standards and social pressure. The speakers mentioned that the ideal body for women in the society are smooth, baby skin, no hair, porcelain skin, soft, thin, petite. The speakers shared their experience when they were in the middle of people who did not like them. And they got different treatment than other women who are different from them. People around them at that time also advised them to do something to look the same as their environment.
What is the speaker’s main purpose? Explain your answer.
The main purpose of being told by the speakers is to share experiences and teach us that if we are of different cultural standards, then there will be social pressures that we have to deal with.
How trustworthy is this video? Who is the speaker? What is the source? Do you think the source and the speaker are trustworthy?
This video is trustworthy because the video was taken with resource persons who are also speakers from different cultures. Thus, the message conveyed is also based on various social views. The speakers are Monica Hernandez, Alexandra Marzella, and Ayqa Khan. This video has been uploaded by the Allure channel on Youtube and has been viewed 4M times. I think the source is trustworthy. But in the description box, the creator did not mention the speakers.
What the speaker’s attitude or tone towards the subject? Does he/she seem to agree or disagree with it? Explain your answer.
The tone towards the subject is positive. The speakers seem to disagree with the myths of beauty that happen to women in society.
Does the speaker put forward valid or strong arguments? How does he/she support the key points? Explain your answer.
The speakers put strong arguments. It is because they talk about their experiences.
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https://medium.com/afwp/body-hair-and-beauty-standards-935520ba6758
this article mentions if allowing body hair to grow out is comfortable for women, then they should not spend money on razors, waxing and other procedures to remove hair to avoid judgment from others.