The perks of living in the 21st century

Societys deranged. There is no way to put it lightly, because it is. Between the mind numbing materiality shows about partying, to the 80-pound model on alwaysy magazine we pick up. These crazy things have distorted our minds and have become our societys norm. 90% of women are unhappy with their bodies, and 95% of teen girls mobilise theyre fat. Is there not something wrong with that? For socio-economic classs and years our lives have been run by unrealistic role models and distorted images of violator, either resulting in affable health issues. When did thin become so in?And why is perfect the only beauty we captivate now? Musicians, Actors, Models, the celebrities, the tidy sum that us as individuals see everywhere, the great deal that are idolized similar to the way Christians worship God and Jesus Christ. We hail them, we praise them, and we envy them. Now what do most of them all have in common? Drop dead, gorgeous looks. They have it all, the money, fame, looks, love t he list is endless. What do we have? Hope. The hopes of one day becoming just want them. Have you ever seen an ugly singer or actor? No. There isnt any.Think of all the talented people out there that couldnt make it big just because of one superficial fragment. In Hollywood Im obese. Im considered a fat actress. (-Jennifer Lawrence) This quote displays how Hollywood is at the core of this disturbing phenomenon. How having a curvy body results in being called obese. Models should be thin, clothes just look better on people who are thin, certainly photograph better. (-Calvin Klein) This quote is a representation of something that the fashion industry has harnessed for years, if you not thin, its simple youre not in.What is unbent beauty? Because growing up in my multiplication I only have one idea of it. The girls that are splashed across the magazines and the slender actresses in all the box office hits, growing up I was taught that thats what you had to look the like to be beau tiful. Being skinny and having perfect face construction is all you need it will bring you love, attention, and most of all, happiness. Growing up in a narcissistic generation has fueled minds to hurt and find out pang when they dont meet the qualification and standards of todays version of beauty.Nothing tastes how skinny feels (-Kate Moss) this quote is just overall sad, it represents how our society thinks, and overall how people today run their lives. Teen girls worship The Victoria Secret models the exotic, tall, shockingly stunning women prance around in little to nothing every year for the annual Victoria Secret fashion show. Along with it comes the wave of Tweets of young girls pouring out there insecurities. Why cant I look like the Victoria Secret models. This fashion show is literally making me want to kill myself.Cant look at myself in the mirror ever again. (-Tweets) This forces girls to cave into the pressure that society hands out on a golden platter. As every gi rl with weight issues knows, the foolproof method of self-defense is to beat the crap out of yourself before someone else has the chance. (Los Angeles Times) Millions of people out there have issues with their appearance, young girls, young boys, grown men, grown women, the whole lot. The standards of beauty in our society are just too high for the majority of the population to reach.In result we beat the shit of out our self in issue anger and shame. Each year the number of mental health illnesses increase. From eating disorders, depression, anxiety, etc. Eating disorders have increased by 400% since 1970. Women today feel much worse about their body images than women several decades ago. (-Los Angeles times) This quote is proof that this is a generational issue. We have distorted the true image of beauty and shoved in an unrealistic standard that no one can live up too.This image that society has created is destroying us, bit by bit. People are dying daily from illnesses that chemically irrupt in the brain, and the overwhelming and horrific pressure put on by the media and society causes it. 35,000 girls suffer from anorexia each day, 1 in 10 Americans are clinically depressed, and Teenagers are committing suicide almost on a daily basis. These numbers are shocking and continue to grow as the generation and world moves forward.Each week the average person watches 31 hours of television, spends 10 hours online, and 4 hours looking through a magazine. This is the place where the media hits us hard. Where we are bombarded by the incessant pursuits of perfection. Where beauty is taken to a whole new level and standard. Thats sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. Its getting harder and harder to find something real. Real love, real friends, real body parts(-Jess C. Scott) Were the narcissistic generation, the generation that paints on beauty instead of finding in within.