“We were made in the image and likeness of God.” I have heard this many times. This means that everything about us is good and we are all equal. We are all beautiful – at least, that is the way we should be thinking. I would be lying if I said I never complained about my pants not fitting me, or that I have never had bad hair days.

The first time I saw this advertisement, I easily related it to anorexia and other eating disorders. I think that this advertisement showed the lack of contentment of oneself, aside from lack of self-esteem. I also think that this lacking of confidence – and why most teens nowadays have eating disorders – is an effect of the stereotypes in media. “Only girls who are thin, tall, fair-skinned and have black hair are beautiful.” What about those who have ivory and dark beauty? Also, I have heard a few times that “it is a sin to be ugly when you are rich” because you can afford to have everything – every single part of your body – fixed by cosmetics and non-sense surgeries.

I personally like this Dove project and the “campaign for real beauty” they had before. Those are two things in media that I think really forget about stereotypes and show what “real beauty” is.

I cried when I saw this movie. Well, who would not cry at a Nicholas Sparks plot? Most of his works are just a bit tragic.

For hopeless romantics, well, this movie would just melt their hearts. They would probably even keep singing “Only Hope” or “Cry” for a month. Some others would find it a bit cheesy. Those like me would just feel like crying once in a while during the movie. This was Mandy Moore’s first movie, and I think that she was fine with her part. It is not award-winning, and she did not do a bad job, it was just okay. Her acting was just enough to get you to feel her pain and enough for you to be converted to an optimist for a while.

I do not consider myself a hopeless romantic, but there are times when I would stop switching channels to watch this movie.

Before, I told myself that I wanted to work for Pixar. They always present the world with great plots and great animations.

I was really touched when I saw this movie. It reminded me a lot of my relationship with my dad. Parents really become overprotective at times. You cannot deny that. We see it in the media all the time – in books, movies, songs. Though most of the people I know hate it when their parents take control, I am usually thankful that my parents set limits for me. I like it probably too much. Sometimes I find it hard to decide without knowing what my parents think.

Just like what I said, Pixar gives the world great movies. The plot for Finding Nemo is quite simple really, but other than the plot the way the movie was made – the use of the colors and the extensive details of the corals and fish – make the movie more interesting.

This is the last quarter for the school year, and as much work as making this media blog takes, I would not want to end this yet.

Last quarters entries were tied together with “change” as the similarity. The same goes for this quarter. I will not be using any themes when I make my entries because I do not want to limit what I feel like writing about. Just expect me to tie all my entries together when it is time for me to write my summary.

In my very first introduction, I said that I wished to share something. This fourth quarter, I wish to answer the question most people who have read my introduction found intriguing. “Media is good, and media is bad, but when does it feed, and when does it eat?” The year is already coming to a close, but I would just like to say that I hope that you who have read my media blog have gotten some enlightenment from my entries or if not, simply enjoyed reading them in times when you were bored.

The year is ending. Until next time!

Until next time! = Fino alla volta prossima!