First, from the first reading "SIFT" I got that students don't always investigate their sources to make sure the information they are using in papers or projects is legit. I remember in high school my teachers strongly stressed for us to always use legit sources in our papers or else all our work would be for nothing. Secondly, I also found in the reading "Can You Spot The Deceptive Facebook Post" that it is very very hard to tell what is real and what is fake. I noticed personally that I struggled with trying to pick them apart. Finally, one last thing I took away from this week's readings combined is that not everything is always what it seems, we need to double-check to make sure what we are using for sources or choosing to believe is credible and factual. Even the fakes look real on the internet.
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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