READINGS FOR THE CULTURE OF THIN



READINGS FOR THE CULTURE OF THIN

Reminders and Warnings:

The 3 required articles from the advertising unit should be included in your annotated works cited.

The order of articles in Writing Reminders is seemingly random in that it does not follow the order listed below.

|DUE DATE |READINGS and VIDEOS: BODY IMAGE |

|1/21 |Leo, John. “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall . . .” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Ed. McCuen, Jo Ray and Anthony Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, |

| |1995. 398-401. Print. (The history of the female image) |

|1/22 |Wolf, Naomi. “The Beauty Myth.” The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women. New York: Anchor, 1991. Google Doc. Web. (Long! Angry analysis of “the |

| |beauty myth) |

|1/23 |Ehrenreich, Barbara. “The Real Truth About the Female Body.” Time. 8 Mar. 1999. Web. 20 Aug. 2013. (A review of the research on the biology of gender differences.) |

|1/27 Read Prager |Prager, Emily. “Our Barbies, Ourselves.” Google Doc. N.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. (Gender stereotyping and toys) |

|OR Pollitt |Pollitt, Katha. “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls.” Literature for Composition, 6th ed. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, William E. Cain, and Marcia Stubbs. New York: |

| |Longman, 2003. Print. (Gender stereotyping and toys) |

|In class |Piercy, Marge. “Barbie Doll.” Circles on the Water: Selected Poems of Marge Piercy. Middlemarsh, 2005. Web. 12 Nov. 2009. (Poetry) |

|In class |Yolen, Jane. “Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale.” Such a Pretty Face. Meisha-Merlin, 2000. Library of Congress: Poetry: Poetry 180. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. (Poetry) |

|1/29 |Walker, Rob. “Social Lubricant.” Everything’s An Argument with Readings. 4th ed. Ed. Andrea Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Boston: Bedford/St. |

| |Martin’s, 2007. 614-617. Print. (Analysis of Dove campaign) |

|1/29 |Daum, Meghan. “Those Unnerving Ads Using ‘Real’ Women.” Everything’s An Argument with Readings. 4th ed. Ed. Andrea Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. |

| |Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007. 618-621. Print. (Analysis of Dove campaign) |

|1/31 |Britt, Suzanne. “That Lean and Hungry Look.” Readings for Writers. 8th ed. Ed. McCuen, Jo Ray and Anthony Winkler. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, |

| |1995. 461-464. Print. |

|In class |“Report: Millions of Courageous Americans Overcoming Media Pressure to be Thin.” The Onion 49.35. 29 Aug. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. |

|In class |“Anorexic woman at Gym Looking Good.” The Onion 48.45. 10 Nov. 2012. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. |

|2/3 |Watch superbowl ads with body image in mind |

|2/4 |Goodman, Ellen. “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji.” Everything’s An Argument with Readings. 4th ed. Ed. Andrea Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Boston: |

| |Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007. 589-591. Print. (Body image and culture) |

|optional |Becker, Anne E. “Television, Disordered Eating, and Young Women in Fiji: Negotiating Body Image and Identity During Rapid Social Change.” Everything’s An Argument with |

| |Readings. 4th ed. Ed. Andrea Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007. 592-599. Print. (Body image and culture) |

|optional |Thompson, Becky Wangsgaard. “’A Way Outa No Way’: Eating Problems among African-American, Latina, and White Women.” Feminist Frontiers. 7th ed. Ed. Verta Taylor, Nancy |

| |Whittier, and Leila J. Rupp. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2007. 364-371. Print. (Body image and culture) |

|2/6 |Sandin, Lisa. “I Am Not My Body.” This I Believe. , 13, Aug. 2007. Web. 14 Aug. 2007. (Personal story of a handicapped woman) |

|In class |Galler, Roberta. “The Myth of the Perfect Body.” Feminist Frontiers. 7th ed. Ed. Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier and Leila J. Rupp. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2007. 119-120. |

| |Print. (Only 2 pages included: social implications of being disabled) |

|2/7 |Levine, Michael and Linda Smolak. “10 Will-Powers for Improving Body Image.” National Eating Disorders Association. 2002. Print. |

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| |ADDITIONAL (OPTIONAL) READING |

|Cosmetic Surgery |Gimlin, Debra L. “Cosmetic Surgery: Paying for Your Beauty.” Feminist Frontiers. 7th ed. Ed. Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier and Leila J. Rupp. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2007. |

| |105-118. Print. (Read intro and conclusion; skim rest) |

| |Paglia, Camille. “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery.” America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals. 7th ed. Ed. Robert Atwan. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007. |

| |53-60. Print |

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|Male issues |Silva, Marc A. “Body Image Dissatisfaction: A Growing Concern Among Men.” Milwaukee School of Engineering. Apr 2006. Web. Feb. 2012. |

| |Penn, Nathaniel. “20% of Anorexics are Men.” GQ. Sept. 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. |

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|Statistics |“Body Image & Nutrition: Fast Facts.” Teen Health and the Media. Teen Futures Media Network. N.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2013. |

| |“11 Facts About Body Image.” Do Something.N.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2014. |

| |Katz, Nikki. “Body Image Statistics.” About. The New York Times Company. 2005. Web. 14. Jan. 2014. |

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|Videos |Russell, Cameron. “Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.” TED. TEDxMidatlantic. Jan. 2013. Web. 14. Jan. 2014. |

| |Rosten, Jesse. “Fotoshop by Adobé.” Online video clip. Youtube, 9 Jan. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Toy Ads and Learning Gender.” Feminist Frequency. Online video clip. Youtube, 16 Nov. 2010. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Kanye West's Monster Misogyny.” Feminist Frequency. Online video clip. Youtube, 30 Jan. 2011. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Glee, GQ and the Sexualization of Young Girls.” Feminist Frequency. Online video clip. Youtube, 10 Nov. 2010. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |Piper, Tom. “Beauty Pressure.” Online video clip. Youtube, 10 Nov. 2010. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Dove Commercial (Girls are Under Pressure).” Online video clip. Youtube, MichaZM. 1 Sept. 2008. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |Piper, Tom. “Amy.” Online video clip. Youtube. 16 Oct. 2007. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Dove True Colors.” Online video clip. Youtube, Colewayzata. 29 Nov. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |Piper, Tom. “Dove Evolution.” Online video clip. Youtube,. 6 Oct. 2006. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Body Evolution—Model Before and After.” Online video clip. Youtube,.President of the World. 22 Mar. 2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Dove Pro-Age Campaign.” Online video clip. Youtube,.wllmsjennifer. 20 Feb. 2007. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |“The Journey to Comfort Super Bowl Commercial 2010.” Online video clip. Youtube,.FunnyInternetVids. 7 Feb. 2010. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. |

| |Kilbourne, Jean. “Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women.” Online video clip. Youtube. Challenging Media.12 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. |

| |Kilbourne, Jean. “Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obsession with Thinness.” Online video clip. Youtube. Challenging Media. 4 Oct. 2006. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. |

| |“Dove Real Beauty Sketches.” Online video clip. Youtube. Doveunitedstates. 14 Apr. 2013. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. |

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