Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women

I recently came across this fantastic documentary that discusses the objectification and sexualization of women in the media. Jean Kilbourne approaches the topic with years of experience in the topic, and presents an amazing look at the way our society portrays women. I recommend this as a must-watch for every woman. 

We should not aspire to be what these advertisements tell us a woman is. We are more than our bodies. We are more than an object to be ogled. 

This links to a low-quality version of the video: 
http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=241&template=PDGCommTemplates/HTN/Item_Preview.html

Introductions

I decided to start this blog because I believe that beauty can be clean, healthy, and natural. I also created it to show everyone out there that it is possible for us all to ‘drop our masks’, and our preconceived ideas of what society tells us that beauty is. Everywhere you turn the media tells women to put on a mask of chemicals that stifles our true beauty. Beauty is not something that is just external, rather something within us that must also be nurtured.

I introduce you to Dropping The Mask, a blog dedicated to showing you that beauty is natural.