After reading the article "Dave Grohl, 10-year-old Nandi Bushell and One Very Epic Drum Battle," it made me really reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic as a whole. As much as I would love to sit here and say in a way good things came out of COVID-19, but that would be a great lie. At the start of the pandemic, my mom underwent a major neck/back surgery and then was on bed rest for 3 months following. I had just gotten out of a very abusive relationship and was in the middle of a court case due to the tragic events that happened. Then I found myself in an even more toxic relationship and later my depression medicine was not working how it should have been and lead to a failed suicide attempt. I also haven't been to school in Oxford in a whole year and I blame COVID for ruining what should have been the best years of my life.
In the article “Athleisure, Barre, and Kale: the Tyranny of the Ideal Woman”, Jia Tolentino discusses her idea on the modern “ideal” woman. She also talked about social media and how that portrays the “look” of this ideal woman. She spoke on many good topics that came to mind when you think about this ideal woman. She says how this ideal woman is youthful, has nice glossy hair, and the clean expression of someone who believes she was made to be looked at. The article explains how this ideal woman is most likely seen on beaches or under the stars, both indicating beautiful things and making his ideal woman a part of it. The ideal woman is talked of very highly, she is smart and broadcasts herself in beautiful ways. She has small amounts of work done to keep up with societies say on what is beautiful for instance; she has full lips and long eyelashes. For the most part, the things talked about should be things to make women happy. Yet others see it as social pre...
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