Beauty Ideals

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Students were asked to respond to the following question:

What were the beauty ideals of your adolescence? How did you give into or resist these standards? What do you think those standards say about the culture in which you grew up?

All reflections are in .doc format

Cordts, Jennifer. The beauty ideals of my adolescence were something that I noticed ...

Harvey, Canda. When looking back at my adolescence and considering...

Kelly, Kathleen. I think that my beauty ideals when I was younger ...

Leslie, Andrew. During my adolescence there was an interesting cross-section...

McCaffrey, Jasmine. Ahh the 80’s, or better still, the early 90’s...

McFall, Leah. The first time I wrote this reflection, I came to the conclusion...

McNeil, Katie. The beauty ideals of my adolescence were not unlike ...

Meitl, Sarah. Where I grew up there were definitely two standards of beauty...

Moncrief, Kelsey. When any child is growing up, they are surrounded by beauty ideals...

Ostlind, Sidney. When I was in fifth grade I began going through puberty ...

Raab, Katie. When I think back to my adolescence, and remember my first impressions ...

Richards, Amanda. When I was younger the beauty ideals were much like they are now...

Roberts, Stephanie. The beauty ideals of my adolescence varied for me ...

Sanford, Dan. From the way we dress, wear our hair, the build of our bodies...

Schiffelbein, Emily. All girls have gone through the awkward phase ...

Wenzel, Anna. Never was there a time in my life when I was more insecure and unsure ...

 

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