Cosmetic surgery- boob jobs, tummy tucks, nose jobs, etc.

Being stick thin–as portrayed thru media

And I suggest you kind of start backwards with a paper. Write your Intro and Conclusion first, then fill in the details in the middle. Once you finish the writing portion then you can think of a relative title.

As for concepts, why not redefine the words “pretty” and “beautiful” by using different culture’s views of what is pretty and beautiful to them. Try to get views from all around the world.

Jamie lynn isn’t sending any message. its her own life, and you shouldn’t get involved with what she does.

hell, even just “Pride” is good.

or “Dying to be Perfect”

(You could do it about Anorexia and Bulmia, these abbreviations are often what society uses to talk about eating disorders, you can do it on how hollywood has influenced women to get a distorted image of their bodies.)

Introductory Thesis:

Young women are often influenced by what they read and hear though the media. The media often presents images of

Hollywoods most gorgeous people, but to obtain that perfect image often they go through the most intense methods to obtain them. Because of this society often gets a very distorted view of what is considered a normal body image and thus restort to measures such extreme dieiting, plastic surgery, and extreme excersing. (end of thesis, you are introducing what you will talk about here).

1st paragragh-

Recent events in the have surrounded us with images of the Olsen twins, and Brittney spears who appear devastingly thin and are in recovery programs to deal with their eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulmia.

(Now you can take over and do the research.)

Sources you can use:

Books:

1. The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa, with a New Foreword by Catherine Steiner-Adair Ed.D. by Hilde Bruch and (here can just put et. al which means “and others”, when a book has more than three authors you don’t have to write them all, just put in your bibliograpghy “et all.”) Catherine, Ed.D. and Steiner-Adair.

2. The Eating Disorder Sourcebook : A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders by Carolyn Costin

3. Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders by Patricia Fallon, Melanie A. Katzman, and Susan C. Wooley

4. My Life on a Diet: Confessions of a Hollywood Diet Junkie by Renee Taylor

Magazines:

Vogue

Seventeen

Cosmopolitian

Cosmo Girl

GL (Girls life mag.)

Elle Girl

YM

Teen Voices

Wesites:

http://www.something-fishy.org/cultural/themedia.php

http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9798/Oct22_97/media.htm

http://www.caringonline.com/eatdis/people.htm

http://www.queendom.com/articles/articles.htm?a=26

http://ezinearticles.com/?Anorexia-Nervosa&id=125134

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/eating_disorders/15910

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33507.asp

Here’s how to do the Bibliograpghy in MLA style format, which I’m sure how your HS or College wants you to do:

Book

Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Pocket, 1993.

Journal Article

Wilcox, Rhonda V. “Shifting Roles and Synthetic Women in Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Studies in Popular Culture 13.2 (1991): 53-65.

Newspaper or Magazine Article

Di Rado, Alicia. “Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern Society Using the World of Star Trek.” Los Angeles Times 15 Mar. 1995: A3.

Book Article or Chapter

James, Nancy E. “Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth According to Kirk and Spock.” Spectrum of the Fantastic. Ed. Donald Palumbo. Westport: Greenwood, 1988. 219-223.

Encyclopedia Article (well known reference books)

Sturgeon, Theodore. “Science Fiction.” The Encyclopedia Americana. International ed. 1995.

Encyclopedia Article (less familiar reference books)

Horn, Maurice. “Flash Gordon.” The World Encyclopedia of Comics. Ed. Maurice Horn. 2 vols. New York: Chelsea, 1976.

Gale Reference Book (and other books featuring reprinted articles)

Shayon, Robert Lewis. “The Interplanetary Spock.” Saturday Review 17 June 1967: 46. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed.

Sharon R. Gunton. Vol. 17. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. 403.

ERIC Document

Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn. Sibling Communication in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Conflicts between Brothers. Miami: Speech Communication Assn., 1993. ERIC Document Reproduction Service ED364932.

Website

Lynch, Tim. “DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review.” Psi Phi: Bradley’s Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997

Newspaper or Magazine Article on the Internet

Andreadis, Athena. “The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It Goes, But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won’t Be So Lucky.”

Astronomy Jan. 1999: 64- . Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Lib., Brookville, NY. 7 Feb. 1999 .

Literature Resource Center

Shayon, Robert Lewis. “The Interplanetary Spock.” Saturday Review 17 June 1967: 46. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed.

Sharon R. Gunton. Vol. 17. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. 403.

Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. B. Davis Schwartz

Memorial Lib., Brookville, NY. 16 Oct. 2001 .