Heidi Klum, Dead Teenagers, and Fat People

Sadly, physical appearance is often the only feature of an individual that we take into consideration when we meet someone. Unconsciously, we judge people based on the stereotypes of beauty that are instilled in our perceptions. What is it that brainwashes us into believing one person is attractive and another not? Advertising and the media are classic scapegoats for the main driving-force for our physical obsession. The media is merely an extension of our views as a society as a whole. The media controls us, but we control the media. We control ourselves. So who really is to blame?…