This is a Discussion forum.
Step One: Identify two examples from two different readings this week that convey how “ideal beauty standards are ableist, ageist, heterosexist, and racist” (211). Explain how these examples illustrate the problems with ideal beauty standards.

Step Two: (A) Find two examples from the mass media (TV, films, magazines, newspapers) that connect with your two examples from our readings. This may be a billboard, an ad in a magazine, an ad on TV, or a portrayal of a character in a film or on a TV show. (B) Include a link or attach each example. (C) Describe each example and articulate the problems with each example.

Reading requirements: Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey, Women’s Lives, Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 2013.
Chapter 5 Women’s Bodies, Women’s Health, Page 209

Feminist Theory, the Body, and the Disabled Figure (1997), Rosemarie Garland Thomson, Page 232

Reproductive Justice: Vision, Analysis and Action for a Stronger Movement (2005): Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, Page 243

Understanding Positive Women’s Realities (2006), Emma Bell and Luisa Orza, Page 247

Living to Love (1993), bell hooks, Page 250