”I would rather be dumb than be a slut, but I would rather be a slut than be fat or ugly.”
This statement was made by an 18-year-old girl taking part in Lauren Greenfield’s widely acclaimed traveling photo series entitled “Girl Culture.” In the series, Greenfield photographs women and young girls, displaying their thoughts about their bodies and the obsessions resulting from the Westernized view of ideal beauty alongside the photos.
Unfortunately, statements such as this have become all too familiar among the youth of America. […]