Anna-Layne Kinsey
Candace Wiley
English 103
25, February 2009
The topic of my paper is going to be about the negative portrayal of women in Vanity Fair magazine, and how it affects the average American woman. The topic I have chosen is important because it addresses a major problem that women face every day in our nation. There were several issues with choosing this topic because there is so much to write about on this topic. By narrowing down my topic to one magazine, I should be able to write a ten page paper and stay on topic. By doing a lot of research I will be able to keep my paper on the right track. I will introduce my paper by stating the image of a woman that Vanity Fair magazine displays. One main part of Vanity fair magazine is to attract costumer's to buy their magazine; they do this by showing barely clothed women with literally perfect bodies. Designed to give Americans an icon of beaury, this magazine gives women ian impossible goal. This false sense of beauty leads women to have drastic surgeries, go on endless diets, and have a low self esteem. I will conclude my paper with a summary of the main points that I will discuss throughout my paper. the main points I will use in my paper include how women are affected by this magazine, what measures women take in order to look like the women in the magazines, and how the portrayal of women in Vanity Fairs magazine affects a woman's self esteem. To further support my argument I will use a piece of visual rhectoric.
Thesis: My thesis for this paper will be the magazine Vanity Fair's portrayal of women affects the average American woman. this portrayal gives women a false sense of beauty and drives women to have a low self esteem, have major surgeries, and go on diets.
I think this was an interesting topic choice especially since vanity fair magazine is a women's magazine. It might be worth looking at how a mens' magazine views a good body for a woman compared to what vanity fair sees as beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreat topic and proposal. :] It will be interesting to read about.
ReplyDeletegood idea to narrow it down to one magazine, since there are hundreds that you could talk about. i agree with the above statement to maybe do comparison-contrast between men and women magazines
ReplyDeletethis is a great topic. It could lead to such a great paper especially because vanity fair is a very controversial magazine and you could have many specific examples from the magazine. Great proposal as well.
ReplyDeleteEven in your proposal, which opposes the trend, you show that you have accepted a certain body type as "literally perfect bodies." Interesting.
ReplyDeleteThink about showing a few different images that you will talk about briefly (two or three sentences), but only choose one to talk about more indepth (two or more pages).
-Candace