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  • Essay / Effects of Mass Media on the Sexualization of Women in...

    The title of the article is “The Health Bloggers Who Fooled Us All”. The article's introduction before the text made me want to keep reading because it stated that "This article revealed that an Instagram user with over 20,000 followers actually suffered from a disorder of food and that he published images of food that he pretended to eat just to gain more "followers" and "likes" in order to adapt to what society wants and the latest trends established by the media of mass. Another blogger admits to tucking in her stomach, wearing a push-up bra and strategically posing to appear slimmer to attract more attention on social media. This false image of her body led her to delete thousands of posted images despite knowing it was manipulating the minds of women who wanted to look like the unrealistic version of themselves. Another quote relevant to how social media is changing women