Blog 2
I chose makeup as my cultural artifact. It represents me as the young woman that I am today in the sense that it helps me when it comes to my confidence. It was not hard at all to find representation of makeup in the media and pop culture. As a matter of fact, makeup is actually encouraged for women in the media and pop culture. Any advertisement that has a woman in it, I can guarantee you that she is wearing makeup. At any fashion show, I can assure you that every single model is wearing makeup. Every actress on set is guaranteed to be wearing makeup. Every female artist wears makeup during their performances. All women on a red carpet wear pounds of makeup. Makeup is everywhere and is highly encouraged by the media and in pop culture. I've been wearing makeup since I was fourteen. At that time the message conveyed was that you needed it in order to be pretty. That you had to wear it to get a boys attention. It's funny because as you grow older you realize that boys actual