"Stop pimping our kids?" Shut up.

Today's entry was suggested by a recent fan of my blog :)

This post centres around the topic of the youth of today, something I comment on alot... it's just me showing my age... really, (20 - in case you were wondering...). More specifically, their ever-increasing perceived "sexualization" that faces them.

She is annoying.
(Anna Richardson... the girl I'm indifferent towards...)

I believe however, that this is simply media scaremongering. It's parental discretion that should govern what their kids wear, how they act, and where they are. Like this silly the "The Sex Education" show... hosted by the homicidal-inducing Anna Richardson. Her claims that the youth of today are being over-exposed (literally and figuratively) to the horrors of SEX.

I'm not gonna lie, (and in doing so, I'm about to be very frank), but kids today seem to know far more about sex than they should. It may not be completely accurate knowledge, but they are more aware about sex than I was at their age (geez... now I really feel old...).

One of Anna Richardson's arguments is that clothes shops are selling/marketing inappropriate clothes to children; one specific example being padded bras for 6-year olds. Now... I don't know about you... but I don't know of any 6-year olds (granted I actually don't know any 6-year olds...) who are going clothes shopping alone... that's a bad enough example of parenting as it is. But which parents are buying these children padded bras?! (regardless if they're on sale in the first place or not...) I think these parents are the ones who should be scolded... but Anna Richardson has other ideas - instead targeting these chain shops with her own specific brand of vigilante "for the people" justice. I assumed that most things that go on sale to the general public get panel-tested and market-researched thoroughly... so someone, somewhere thought these bras were a good idea. Our beloved host clearly knows more than them though.

"THIS is an apple... and I am a bitch."

I didn't know Anna Richardson was a shrewd business woman, as well as an annoying TV presenter... 

"Don't hate me 'cause I'm beautiful..."

This post centres around the topics of conceit, confidence and convincing (pah, that last one doesn't quite "fit," but go with it :D) 


When it comes to confidence, I fall short - quite literally. My height has never been the sole contributing factor to my lack of confidence. But I have always at least been shy/socially awkward for as long as I can remember. and meeting new people for the first time is a personal nightmare for me. However, recently, I'm starting to realize the solution to this lack of confidence - and it relies somewhat on my other "keywords;" conceit and convincing oneself... (I feel like a teacher now... :/ ) 


 

I heard the song "Pretty Girl Rock" by Keri Hilson for the first time yesterday. As a musician, my friends know me for not really paying special attention to lyrics of songs, and therefore can only analyse their meaning on a musical level. However, this songs lyrics caught my attention. They tell of a girl with unparalleled levels of confidence and immodesty, telling others to not hate her for being beautiful. At first, I was in disbelief that someone could be so conceited... then I thought about it some more. I applauded and admired her ability to display an act of arrogance and hope to not get publicly slammed. To realise that with confidence comes a certain level of conceit. 


If that's true, then how would you differentiate between the two? Can someone be confident without coming across conceited? 


The above video is example loosely based on my approach to my conundrum, and the theory goes something like this - if you act confident you can/will become confident. It may not work for all people, but it did for me (at least short-term). If you are a shy person, ingratiate yourself in a group of people with similar interests - start topics of conversation that you know you can talk about. Changing your views and perceptions on certain situations changes your reaction to them. 


Convince yourself of that and people will start to view you differently, which in turn changes your view of yourself.

I know this is starting to sound like terrible advice, and it seems like I'm asking people to change themselves, but that's not my aim. Confidence is what you make it, and if you can act with a certain level of confidence,(without treading over the line to conceitedness) it can only be a good thing. Of course... I'm no sociologist, but this is just my experience and view on things.

Confidence: it's easy if you try.

(I promise to never use another word starting with "con" again... o.O)