Ellen on Body Image

Hey everybody, today I will be talking about an interview with Ellen in which she talks about Body Image.

Throughout her show in general, Ellen has always been a proponent of improving the beauty standards for women. She has often made body image a focal point of her show. Additionally, she has always advocated for women to feel comfortable in their body no matter what, as evidenced by her work with CoverGirl.

Throughout her interview, Ellen gives an extremely valuable take on the issues we have as a society today with body image. She initiates her discussion by mentioning the double standards women face. When a man and a women are in a relationship, people almost always only talk about the attractiveness or beauty of the woman, not the man. People will make comments about if she is or isn’t attractive enough. Ellen points out how this is a horrible practice — it essentially reduces women to purely their looks.

Ellen continues her discussion to mention that women have an unfair societal expectation to constantly have to maintain themselves. If a woman does not care about her appearance and does not embark in the rat race of the pursuit for beauty, she will be judged by a large portion of society. Ellen is condemning this reality and she has worked throughout her life to try and change it.

Finally, Ellen refers to the constant setting of unrealistic expectations by magazines. I talk about this topic a lot throughout my blog because it is one of the most relevant issues for women in society today. Ellen points out how magazines just force women to feel like they need these products to cure their inadequacy.

In conclusion, Ellen has done a wonderful job at attempting to end the harmful beauty standards of today’s society. This interview shows the work she has put in to try and initiate the change. Hopefully, more people will follow suit and soon we as a society will conquer the standards of beauty back from profit-driven corporations.