Pryanka Narayan
ASA 141
Week 5
It is now week five of the green challenge, and I have found myself going from one financial crisis to another. For example, last week I recently found out that I have a huge oil leak in my car, and the leak is so bad that my car can stop running at any point. That same day someone hit my driver’s side window and taillight. Then the next day my computer decided to break. These are huge expenses that I am unable to replace. It has been very difficult for the past few weeks, and while I am staying committed to this green challenge, because financially I have no choice, I am thinking of all the ways that I will have to balance my finances. The article Race and Beauty: A Comparison of Asian and Western Models in Women’s Magazine Advertisements really makes me think about the different standards of beauty and financial importance from the western and Asian culture. As I feel like within the western culture we are more primed to go buy something immediately if we can when it breaks, where within the Asian culture we are taught more on how to survive on ends meet. In addition, the article Consumption Civilization: Our Prospects Since Western Civilization's Historical Adaptation discusses how western consumption is so faced pace that is hurting the environment and community as a whole. I feel like we should really take a step back and look at how the western consumption is hurting the planet.
Citations
Consumption Civilization: Our Prospects Since Western Civilization's Historical Adaptation,
Frith, Katherine Toland, Hong Cheng, and Ping Shaw. "Race and beauty: A comparison of
Asian and Western models in women's magazine advertisements." Sex roles 50.1-2
(2004): 53-61.
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