An Analysis Of Tina Fey Here's To Looking At You

A young girl looks at herself in the mirror everyday and thinks she's ugly and fat. Later, a teen cries herself to sleep each night, thinking people won't like her because she isn't pretty enough. A woman gets plastic surgery to attempt to cover up her imperfections, and the cycle begins all over again. Every minute, a person somewhere is thinking about how they can better fit into society's standards. The writings "Here's to Looking at You" by Annie Rispin, and "Bossypants" by Tina Fey illustrate the idea that women are constantly pressured by society to change how they look. Consequently, more and more women are altering their appearance. They are taking simple actions like dying their hair or wearing makeup, or more serious actions like

Every 62 minutes, someone dies from an eating disorder. Every minute, someone attempts suicide. These are the horrifying results of society's constant pressure on everyone to look and act perfectly. Without action, these statistics might only increase over generations. The world would be a much better place if no one felt poorly about themselves enough to change their looks. When people are applauded when they alter their appearance in an extreme way, it teaches everyone that it is normal to maul and change themselves. As a result, both mental and physical disorders occur. If plastic surgery, eating disorders, and other attempts to change appearance no longer become standard in the world today, the little girl looking at herself in the mirror would no longer see herself as ugly or fat, instead pretty as the way she is. The teen crying herself to bed each night thinking of her complexion instead smiles to herself thinking of all the accomplishments she's made. The young women no longer feels the need to starve herself or tear her face apart in order to feel beautiful. Instead, society encourages her to be herself, and be proud of the spectacular looks with which she was