It is no wonder that many girls are anorexic: it is from the media. The medias promotion of super-skinny models has lead many young girls to believe that they are nothing. This is not true, and yet the media promotes it. The image of being thin and beautiful pushes young women to diet, which, in their attempt to fit into the mold of the model, may lead to anorexia. Approximately one to three percent of women in the United States are anorexic (Cha 1). Clothing companies, such as Calvin Klein, are to blame for this growing epidemic. Klein, whose models [look] like runaway teenage junkies (Goldberg 1), almost seems to promote anorexia. When Klein made an icon of Kate Moss, posters of her in Manhattan were defaced with graffiti reading feed me (Goldberg 2). A group called the Media Foundation made a parody of one of Kleins commercials. In the commercial, a naked woman heaves and groans. The camera pans around to reveal her vomiting into a toilet. A caption reads, The beauty industry is a beast (Goldberg 2). A few years ago, the beauty industry seemed to become less of a beast: the media started promoting larger attractive-looking models. But Klein did not consider this when he decided to promote real people. These not-so-flattering photos seem to mock big people, says Idrea Lippman, an owner of a plus-sized boutique in Los Angeles (Goldberg 1). These two photos, which feature a man and a woman, show the contrast of what larger people are wanting to see. The woman, who is wearing all black make-up and clothing, slouches and grimaces (Goldberg 1). The featured man, who is swinging his arms ridiculously around him, seems to be in the middle of a dance move. Lippman says that shes never sure if its intentional [the use of larger models] or for shock value (Goldberg 2). Even though larger models have worked their way into fashion shows and magazines, they have not made it into what really countsthe television shows that te...
