Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Dreaming of Stars

     Stars are beautiful and bright, yet unreachable and unstable.  They seem perfect and ideal, a source of inspiration and a far off goal.  However, upon further inspection, the star is burning so bright and powerful that it will burn itself out.  Also, if one were to look into the sun, which is a star, their eyes would burn.  Celebrities are called stars for a reason.  They are an what people look up to and stare at pictures of.  Celebrities seem perfect on the outside, but are dying within, and if one looks too closely into their lives, this damage begins to show.
     Celebrity bodies are a great source of controversy.  Their bodies are seen as the perfect specimen of humanity, but at the same time they are criticized and ridiculed for their body.  In the world of celebrities, there is no way to be the ideal weight.  If a celebrity gains a few pounds or does not present themselves runway ready at all times, their career is threatened and they are called countless horrible things.  However, if a person is too skinny, they are mocked for not having the right amount of curves or for caring too much about what they look like.  Society creates these impossible standards for celebrities, but at the same time, society is also the one to criticizes their need to be ideal.  Outwardly, celebrities may seem like the pinnacle of health, but many tear their bodies apart from the inside out by going on extreme diets or "cleanses," eventually developing into eating disorders.  These stars seem perfect but are destroying themselves, all the while being under the constant gaze and judgement of the common people.  The common people themselves would never be able to attain this goal weight or beauty standards, but because the lifestyles of celebrities are to out of reach, the dream life of the stars is pushed even further to the impossible. 
     Common people are also damaged by the "perfection" of celebrities.  By looking to closely into the lives of the stars, they too will try to alter their lifestyle to be the ideal person.  Not only will the celebrity develop an eating disorder, but now an every day person will too while attempting to live up to unrealistic beauty standards.  Sometimes, if the star is observed and idealized for too long, the damage is irreversible, and both the star and the observe will suffer.  In order to better society as a whole, including both the stars and the observers, unrealistic beauty standards must changed to promote a healthy and productive lifestyle that encourages eating right and exercising, rather than skipping meals and starving oneself.  Stars can be seen as beautiful, but they should not be mistaken as invincible.

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