I know that I am not the fittest or slimmest girl in the world; I admit that I am a bit "thicker" than most. In today's world, our stars and movie people show us what beauty and normality are in everyday life. Today, the kids in the shows do not portray or support all body types like they did in the past. For example, on Disney Channel back in the early 2000s, a show called "That's So Raven" aired, which featured a girl and her friends who were in high school, all of the people in the show were regular sized stars and were not stick thin. She loved fashion and there was an episode in which she spoke about her weight and how it did not make her a bad person. Also on Disney Channel, there is a show currently that features kids in high school as well, it is called Jessie. A nanny moves from the south to the Big Apple to be a musician but becomes a nanny instead. The kids in this show do not really portray teens in the world today with real bodies and figures. Some of the other shows on Disney currently also portray students and teens that don't give young girls a good body/self-image.
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I really hope that Disney will realize that the stars (both male and female) are not real live people, they don't represent how the world is today. These shows are cliché and do not have values. Back in the early 2000s, shows like "Lizzie McGuire," "Zach and Cody," and "Cheetah Girls" represented girls and guys from different backgrounds, pasts, and body types. We learned important lessons about true friendships and how to appreciate ourselves.
The people at Disney should focus on more than just teen drama, they should focus on world issues, people voting and being citizens of the world.
Other shows from the '90s and early '00s that were not on Disney and were more adult also gave women a more positive body image. Shows/movies such as "Boy Meets World," "Charmed, "The Brady Bunch," "Seinfeld," "Bride and Prejudice" and more showed that people come in all shapes and sizes.
Our sources of entertainment on TV and in movies should reflect an actual person and what an average person looks like. I want to see women and men that are different shapes and sizes so that everyone can relate and feel as though they could be in the show or movie.
Teens and kids who might be watching should be learning about the world and other cultures, not worrying about middle and high school drama.
We need to bring shows and movies back to family and reality. This is what our society and the next generation needs.
