Tuesday March 24, Beauty

Most importantly, you should know the "key words" and vocabulary in THIS file. Make sure you do that!

Also, read this ARTICLE (click).
Here's some vocabulary to look up from the article. You can also double click on a word to get a definition, but I am not sure that gives the right definition each time.

super-skinny
to fall far short of
to be upbeat
self-esteem
agitation
to have an urge
to fare
to dredge up
to airbrush
not to mention
to get hung up


TAKE A LOOK AT THESE:
Here is a recent ad in the U.S. that shows the changes that models go through.

What does "No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted" mean?

Here is another one about what the beauty industry does to young girls. We will watch a news report concerning the same issues on Tuesday:

What does "Onslaught" mean? The girl appears to be headed to her first day of school. And the music starts in with "Here it comes!"

Finally, print THIS out and bring it to class.


UPDATE: If you are haaving trouble waatching the Queer Eye video, download and install the codec pack. Get the pack HERE or HERE