Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unusual appearances as the cause. Yet the same media that criticizes the fashion industry for putting too much weight on thinness (pun not intended), went right ahead and described an Olympic ice skater as chunky. What message does this communicate to young girls about their own bodies and the ideal figure they should hope to have? Strive to win an Olympic medal--but your talent doesn't matter unless you're beautiful...
...enough to think about politics without recognizing that each of us is more complex than any Emersonian ideal. We are more than merely isolated individuals aiming for a monogamous, white picket fenced-in American dream. The myth of the individual self only leads to an acceptance of politics as boiling down into an economic game, waged by those who consider it worthwhile after weighing its costs and potential benefits...
...been in this century that Americans have taken on the task of reaching for an ideal of democratic community that could extend beyond local enclaves of similar people...
Notwithstanding these three areas of substantive change in policy, there are issues of process equally or more disturbing. The tactics that the Assistant Dean uses to implement her policies are contrary to what we believe to be the mission of PBHA and the ideal of student service...
Mora says she believes the ideal system would be to have the advisors provide an office staff with the information for the letters and then have a full-time staff write the letter...