Unlearning the Myths That Blind Us, Linda Christensen

            After reading Unlearning the Myths That Blind Us, by Linda Christensen, she addresses how many women are angry that they have never seen an African American, Asian or a Hispanic person in a cartoon, especially in a Disney movie. Christensen states, “Women who aren’t white begin to feel left out and ugly because they never get to play the princess”. Also later on she states, “Happiness means getting a man, and transformed from wretched conditions can be achieved through consumption- in their case, through new clothes and a new hairstyle” . Both of these quotes mean a lot in a women’s eyes. No women should feel ugly or ashamed of themselves just because of their race or from what they see on cartoons or online that betray someone as beautiful. There is no such thing as a perfect human being, I know some women and especially men think that there is such a thing as a perfect women but every women on this planet is beautiful in their own way. Women shouldn’t have to change themselves just because of what they see models look like or from what they see online or on a cartoon. Christensen also states, “Hardly anyone in the media is ever portrayed as anything but white. Not only that, but they have to meet certain standards of beauty, which is highly unrealistic.” This is something that will always stick in a women’s head for the rest of her life. Women shouldn’t have to struggle with self-confidence just because social media shows them what they think is a “perfect” n=and “beautiful” women in their eyes. Before any social media came out women have never struggled with their body image or looks until todays generation. Every social media todays displays pictures of “beautiful” women all over the world. Social media has set a goal and a huge unrealistic standard towards the meaning of beauty which women should not follow.