I am fake... ugly... worthless. I hide my face with layers of makeup hoping that half a bottle of BB cream will be enough to make me look as flawless as Kylie Jenner on the cover of Seventeen magazine. I use countless acne medications, aspiring to be as spotless as the girls in the Clean and Clear commercials. I refuse bags of M&Ms and fudge brownies thinking that my sacrifices will make me "love my body" as much as emaciated Victoria Secret models love theirs (see appendix A). I usually shave my legs and armpits and pluck my eyebrows for fear of becoming the hairy woman the media considers hideous. I do everything, yet I feel like I'm nothing. Nothing compared to the beautiful women depicted on television, magazines and billboards. No matter how many beauty products I use, how many chocolate chip cookies I reject, how much money I waste trying to feel pretty, I will always be imperfect. I will never be satisfied with my appearance because I don't "live up to current beauty standards", because I am incapable of achieving the body image that the mass media advertises and, above all, expects women to desire (America the Beautiful) . I'm not going through a phase; my distorted body image (thank you Vogue!) cannot be overlooked in the way the mass media dismisses the blame for setting unhealthy, not to mention unattainable, appearance goals for women and for being a major cause of the disease pandemic food among adolescent girls. I represent the 70% of all women who, according to America the Beautiful, feel ashamed of their bodies after just 3 minutes spent leafing through the pages of fashion magazines. I represent the average woman who is "bombarded with images of thin, beautiful young women", with images of celebrities... middle of the card... top Blaming the media for our body image problems." Huffington Post Women 1 January 2014. huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2014. Medium: Web.Dohnt, Hayley and Tiggermann, Marika. “The Contribution of Peer and Media Influences to the Development of Body Satisfaction and Self-Esteem in Girls: A Prospective Study ". March 27, 2006. willettsurvery.org. Network. February 22, 2014. Medium: PDF file. Edut, Ophira. Adiós Barbie: Young women write about body image and identity. Seattle: Seal Press, 1998. Medium: Print.Solomone, Natalie. “Sophia Bush Declares War on Urban Outfitters.” MTL Blog September 13, 2013. mtlblog.com. Medium: Web.Waxler, Barbara on Eating Disorders". Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks 2008ed. Detroit: Gale, 2009. galegroup.com. Network. February 22, 2014. Medium: Web.