The reason why I chose beauty standards as my topic is because I don't think that it's fair that young girls and boys are always being shown or told what is considered beautiful. When I was younger I had long light brown straight hair that was passed my hip. My grandma always told me that my hair looked bad because I would never put it in a ponytail, one day, while I was in first grade I locked myself in my room and cut my hair till it was above my shoulders. While it was growing back out It became darker, wavy and frizzy. I remember my grandma would tell me how beautiful my hair used to be which made me straighten my hair everyday, damaging it. She told me my hair color was too dark, which made me buy a hair product that made my hair color lighter the longer I stood out in the sun. This always made me self conscious of my hair which made me have very little confidence growing up. The reason why I am advocating for beauty standards for my zine is to hopefully young girls and boys can grow up knowing that they dont have to worry about the beauty standards that the adults give them while growing up.
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This is my first draft of the zine that I will create for our Chula Vista zine fest. My class was able to work at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in San Diego to make these.
This zine is about how young children are always being told what is beautiful and what they have to look like or act like. Making this first draft made me realize that when we start making our final versions to present to the public I old like to create something that promotes all types of beauty so that hopefully, a young person can pick up the zine and realize that they are beautiful in their own way. |