Shallow America

They stare. In the magazines they laughing, popular, and skinny. Next page. Kissing, loving, and skinny. See a pattern? These magazines portray an image, that not every girl in America can live up to. Girls of all ages stare. Idolizing the girls before them. Then to the bathroom they travel. They stare at themselves, critiquing. "What if my butt was as round as Kim Kardasians?" "Do boys really like lips like Angelina Jolies?" "If I lost a few pounds, would I have a boyfriend." These questions racing through their minds. Then what? Do they get angry and cry, or throw up that last fry they ate? Maybe they don't even eat at all. America is shallow. In 2008 over 5.8 percent of Americans were bulimic. For what? Are bosses, boyfriends, girlfriends, parents so shallow that one person would feel the need to vomit everything they have eaten to the point of exhaustion? What will it take to prove to the world that outer beauty is nothing. Your apperance may reflect who you are on the inside. But eating foods you enjoy does not chatagorize you in any way. If you or someone you know suffers from any kind of eating disorders there are people who will help.