Fashion In the Media

"Women's Belts Add Chicness and Accentuate Your Figure"
Ezilon.com Articles. "Women's Belts Add Chicness and Accentuate Your Figure"
26 Nov. 2008. http://www.ezilon.com/information/article_20238.shtml


In this article, it talked about how belts are coming back into style again. It talked about how belts are much more than just a necessity, they are a huge fashion statement. They mentioned that there are a lot of different ways to wear belts now and how there isn't one set way to wear a belt. They also talked about the different kinds of belts, like wide belts and skinny belts and how they affect the way you look. They said that wider belts tend to show off and accentuate a womens curves more than skinny belts do. Specifically when women wear the belt just under their bust line. Skinny belts on the other hand, they said accentuate a woman's clothing. Overall they pretty much said that belts are the new fashion item that is a must have.

I thought this was an interesting article, because the media plays a huge role in influencing the way that people dress. Teenagers always want to have the new jeans that are out, or the new kicks, or the new jacket, or whatever. They simply feel that if they have a certain item that the media is portraying as "cool", they will be "cool" as well. I thought it was funny how they said that a belt is much more than just a necessity. I didn't really think that belt's now-a-days were such a big fashion statement. I guess no matter what, the media is going to influence people to dress a certain way to be "cool" or look "hip". It is what it is.

"Online Gambling Leads to Crime and Hurts Young. So Why Encourage It?"

Bachus, Spencer. "Online Gambling Leads to Crime and Hurts Young. So Why Encourage It?" 1 Jun. 2009.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2009/06/01/online-gambling-leads-to-crime-and-hurts-young-so-why-encourage-it-asks-spencer-bachus.html


In this article the author addresses the topic of online gambling. At first he talks about how online gambling has certain characteristics that set it apart. Some of those include that one can gamble 24 hours a day 7 days a week if he/she wanted to. He also mentions how age verification isn't sufficient enough. He then brings up how online gambling really has no benefits. One hardly wins ever, and can get his/her own self into major debt. He tells of a boy who got into online gambling and got into so much debt that he tried robbing a bank to try and pay that debt off. He basically just lets us know that online gambling has no positive effects.

The way that I respond to this article is similar to the author. I view online gambling as a dangerous thing just like the author does. I'm sure there are some winners every once in a while, but most of the time, people get ripped off and lose a ton of money. I think that it is a good idea that the federal government is cracking down on this problem, and trying to make it illegal. A couple years ago the NBA had a gambling incident with a referee. The ref had made different bets with other people about how a game would turn out, and won a lot of money that way. Basically I am against online gambling period!