Introductions

I was recently at a family dinner and I was sitting next to my twelve year old cousin Loren. As I was buttering my roll, she turned to me and said, “I would love to eat a roll, but I shouldn’t”. I asked her why and she told me that eating a roll would make her fat. She is twelve and already concerned with her body image! My cousin is probably the predominant reason why I am passionate about adolescent body image. I feel like the development of social media such as pinterest and tumblr are greatly affecting female body image. I want to know if there is a direct correlation between female adolescents’ body image and social media such as tumblr and pinterest. I will do my research and compare my findings with the findings of Katelyn, Jennifer, and Ellie, and we will find the answer.