Seriously, what is it that makes a woman beautiful? Do we even know anymore? In Liz Jones's essay "What I Think About the Fashion World" she talks about how the media's image of a beautiful woman has tainted the minds of young girls everywhere, changing how they see themselves and other women around them. The media's image of beauty is forced on us almost every day, whether it is on TV or in our favorite magazine. They all tell us that we are imperfect, that we are not quite beautiful, that we are all average or even below average. What is being beautiful? It is a girl that is confident and comfortable in her own skin, a girl who feels beautiful no matter how much make up she is wearing or which way her hair flowing. But, the media is keeping a veil between girls and the truth about there real beauty. If they were to lose that veil, then they would lose business, if girls had proper confidence they would no longer buy any more products to "perfect" themselves. If their veil was torn, heaven forbid, the truth would be revealed. Jones was trying to put a small tear in the veil by changing the magazine's cover, and by writing this essay. As Jones says, "It's time for the industry to wake up and allow woman to just be themselves...I know that women are fed up with feeling needlessly bad about their wobbly bits." And she is so right! It is time for everyone to wake up, let women feel good about themselves for once. Let us feel beautiful!
