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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe has been one of the worlds biggest sex symbols in history. She is an idol to girls and helps their self esteem, because she herself struggled with body image. She is inspiring to young girls because she was a full figured women herself, not a twing, and yet she was still considered beautiful. -
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Audrey Hepburn
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Facebook Was Created
When Facebook was created, it gave people an all new way to intereact all over the world, without having to personally know them. Along with this, cyber bullying started to rise. Facebook has a no cyber bullying policy, but it was still a problem. Complete strangers could bully anyone that friended them, because they didn't fit their 'person schema' that society had set for them. -
Demi Lovato Checks into Rehab
Demi Lovato opens up about her eating disorder and self harm on an interview with ABC News.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/demi-lovato-interview-teen-star-opens-bulimia-cutting/story?id=13405090
Demi becomes an inspiration for girls struggling with bad self image, letting them know that they are not alone. She too lets them know that she felt pressure from society to be thinner, to be prettier. -
Cyberbully premieres on ABC Family
This movie brings to light the real situation of cyber bullyiong. The main character in this movie was bullied over the internet because she was different. The school system did little nothing to help, and due to all of the pressure from society and her peers, the main character winds up attempting suicide. This movie brings to light the very real problem of cyberbullying in today's society. -
Bully hits theaters.
The movie Bully is a documentary following the lives of kids that have been/ are being bullied/have committed suicide. This movie is a real eye opener to the problems in society today. There is one girl that's being followed that was bullied for looking different, and for her sexuality not being heterosexual. This is a prime example how society sets standards for us, telling us that being anything that heterosexual is wrong, and that if someone looks just a little different, then they're a freak
