The video clip we watched on Tuesday focused on body image and how ads and the media leads us to have an unrealistic idea of what we should look like. I completely agree that shoving images of the few perfect people in the world in our faces lowers our self-esteem and makes us worry entirely too much about what we look like. If it wasn't for the media, people in America would not put so much focus on body image. After watching this I started taking a closer look at the ads I see. In most of them, women are portrayed as objects. We can't change the things we see, but we can realize that the models we see are not reality and there is no need to try to look like them. The more women respect themselves and come to peace with the way they look, the more men will respect them and stop treating them as sexual objects, the way ads and the media do. In the clips we watched Thursday Hooks made some good points about racial stereotypes and white supremicy. I personally am not racist, nor feel above anyone of color, so I didn't really feel as though I got much out of the clips. However, I do think it's important to be aware of these issues in our society.