About the Show:
Why do I feel like crawling into the abyss every time I check Instagram? Do women actually look like that now? And why won't men just shut up and cry already? Advertisements create such a false narrative on the nature of society, and this shows to be extremely detrimental to our mental health and overall well being. Are these images truly powerful enough to influence us so deeply? Listen now and you might gain a new perspective or two. 

About the Host:
Anisha Thamatur is a first year student at Appalachian State University where she studies psychology and neuroscience. She is particularly interested in different perspectives whether on the topic of religion, music, food, you name it. She hopes to participate in conducting research in the future after graduating. 

Works Cited:
Croft, H. (2008, December 11). Eating disorders: Body image and advertising.
https://www.healthyplace.com/eating-disorders/articles/eating-disorders-body-image-and-advertising 

Gustafson, R., Popovich, M., & Thomsen, S. (1999). The 'thin ideal’. Marketing News, 33(6),
22–78. https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30680585/2008f.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename

Hamburg, P. (1998). "The media and eating disorders: who is most vulnerable?" Public Forum:
Culture, Media and Eating Disorders, Harvard Medical School. http://www.gbv.de/dms/buls/799770280.pdf 

Kilbourne, J. (Writer) & Jhally, S. (Director). (2010). Killing us softly 4 [DVD]. Northampton,
MA: Media Education Foundation.

Lindner, K. (2004). Images of women in general interest and fashion magazine 
advertisements from 1955 to 2002. Sex Roles, 409-421 https://login.proxy006.nclive.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edscal&AN=edscal.16387402&site=eds-live&scope=site 

Roeder, A. (2015). Advertising’s toxic effect on eating and body image. 
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/advertisings-toxic-effect-on-eating-and-body-image/ 

Taskin, M. (2017). The effects of media on societal culture. International Journal of Economic
Perspectives, 11(3), 477-482. https://login.proxy006.nclive.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=135860483&site=eds-live&scope=site

Album art made by me :)
Intro music sample mixed by moi, OG song: Kathy's Waltz- The Dave Brubeck Quartet

anisha:)