Loving Your Image

So as some of you may have noticed, I put some very cool blogs on my blog role.  All of these blogs were created and designed by women who wish to promote that there is no better feeling than loving the skin you're in!  I specifically chose these blogs because that is a message I 100% advocate!  I think that young women in today's society have it all wrong- in terms of what IS beautiful.  As our culture would have it, being beautiful entails light porcelain skin, a big bust, a tiny waste, blonde hair, light eyes, tall and slender.  But I often ask myself this question (as do the female creators of the blogs I posted) "How much more unrealistic could you get?!"  I mean for young adolescent girls to be growing up in a society that puts pressure on them to look, dress, act, and behave a certain way- I personally don't know if I could handle the pressure.  Yes, I myself am a young female adult, but I know better than these young girls.  I have come to terms with who I am and what I look like longggg ago.  It was a process, don't get me wrong, but everyday I see these new advertisements and it honestly makes me worry about the youth.  As a Communication Studies major I see how pervasive the advertising agency is in today's world.  It's frightening how enticing ad's have become- realistic or not.  I think that today my message is- love the skin you're in.  I try to live my life in this light and I encourage all my readers (male AND female) to do the same!