Hello, internet! I just downloaded 500 historical Disney sound files from the Florida Project --better known as Walt Disney World. Yes, yes, I know, I’m the coolest person ever. Just get over it.

Ortiz Cofer writes about how her perception of her own body was shaped by outside sources. Everything from the way she defined her skin color to the weight that she perceived she should weigh. Most of it was enforced by “media images”. The best example of this was her incessant desire to have the body of Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman was feminine, yes, but she could also lift a bazillion times her own weight. Isn’t she wonderful? One of Ortiz’s body image issues growing up was her weight, and thus, her physical ability.

Let’s see... Ortiz also envied Talking Susie, the doll with those luscious locks of golden love.

Actually, almost all of Ortiz’s visions of herself were defined by the media in one way or the other. Girls should be pretty. American girls should be white. Girls should be feminine, but not skinny. They should be shapely and womanly, with bulges and curves in all the right places.

Whoa. That’s all I have to say. Aren’t you proud of me for keeping this post really short?

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