“I Dressed Like Cookie for a Week to Get Over My Imposter Syndrome”
“You lose your soul when you feel like the world’s forgotten you.” The new journalist Jazmine Hughes is walking into a new world, but she does not feel like she fits the role. Imposter syndrome is what Ms. Hughes is dealing with when she received a new job for New York Times. Jazmine Hughes is a young associate editor for New York Times, she persuades her audience by using fashion from a Tv Show to help with imposter syndrome.
In “I Dress Like Cookie for a Week to Get Over My Imposter Syndrome” published on the Cosmopolitan website, journalist Jazmine Hughes explains her experiment she tried for work to get over imposter syndrome. Hughes gives images of the different outfits
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The page started back in 1886 as a family magazine, but later transformed including articles on relationships, sex, health, careers, celebrities, beauty and of course fashion. Cosmopolitan started in the United States that also has sixty-four international editions and is printed in thirty-five languages to be distributed to more then one hundred and ten countries. The magazine/website has many features and awards such as fun, fearless male and female of the year and bachelor of the year. The popular Tv Show “Empire” was of course talked about after it premiered to ten million people on January 7, 2015. This musical drama television series with so far four seasons is filmed in Chicago, but the show is set to be in New York. The show is about family members of the company Empire Entertainment fighting over the control of the hip hop music and entertainment company. Taraji P. Henson played the outspoken ex-wife and mother of three Cookie Lyon. Cookies served a seventeen stretch in prison for dealing drugs after returning home she felt like she was forgotten and did not belong in the company.
The context shoes us the target audience Jazmine Hughes wanted to reach out through her article is young females that is interested in fashion and experiencing imposter syndrome. Ms. Hughes took her own life changing experience and made a story to help other young women that might feel the same way. The article
Olivia Clarke’s essay called “One Percent of Me” discusses the harsh reality of high school and the effects it causes in your adult life. She goes into depth about her struggles with being the only African American woman in town, the effects it started to have on her once she entered high school ongoing into her adult life. The struggle of her race being a leading factor of not fitting in enough for White people nor Black people that surrounded in certain points of her life. Dealing with not fitting into the image that in advertised around us, body image is a huge problem within young children. Clarke eventually learning in her adult years that she is not identify by her image but by her experiences.
1 in 6 womenwoman will be or have been raped in the US, . With most victims being 18-30 years old. The book Speak (by Laurie Halse Anderson) is about a girl named Melinda that had something traumatic happen to her at a summer party. Due to her trauma she has a hard time making friends going into high school and with this Melinda is conflicted about her individuality and questions if she can trust any one with being herself . After spring break Melinda begins to care about herself again and tries to better herself and get over her trauma.
Rachel found her mother’s journals and other writings as well as many hours of taped conversations. She has merged her own words and her mother’s into a unified story with a unique voice. This book is the journey of a generation fighting against discrimination and using spirit as their medicine for healing and transformation.
Bridge 1 Gangsters Without Borders by T.W. Ward is an ethnography about the El Salvadorian gang Mara Salvatrucha. Ward chose to focus the majority of his research on the male members in order to earn their trust. With that in mind, I am presuming that the views of women portrayed in this ethnography are fundamentally the thoughts of its male members. Nonetheless, early on in my reading on this ethnography, I identified the role gender plays not only for the ethnographer but also for the gang members. The gender roles for these gang members mimic those of most societies, although some of the roles appear contradictory.
The bigger picture was her mom’s childhood and the difficult circumstances she had to live through. It can be seen that while Jeannette was writing this memoir she realized that her
Kingston reveals another example of how defying gender roles can lead to a better life in her story “Shaman.” As her mom is
Melinda is raped by an older boy at a party the summer before her freshman year of high school. The impacts of this event are socially and psychologically devastating for Melinda. Her declining mental health renders her physically unable to speak about being raped over the summer. She is unable to cope with her trauma, and forced to suffer alone. However, she eventually becomes empowered to speak up for herself and about her experience.
She needs her protector there with her to help her every step of the way. Hes needs to be her teammate at all times. Also she touched on these women dying in the prison or jail cells. Some commit suicide because they are tired of living that prison or jail lifestyle. It is like a fish coming out of its natural habitat, water and
Although my experiences are not as drastic as hers, she inspires me to make my own decisions. As I grow, I realize more that my independence is important because I cannot rely on other people as much since everyone’s experiences are different. For example, when they were children in Guyana, my parents had to walk miles to school while I am able to take the bus to school. Although my parents and I went to school up until the same age, our experiences lead to different approaches in situations. The transition from middle school to high school was eye opening because in middle school the class would move together, whereas in high school, everyone went their own ways.
Every year over 63,000 teenagers are raped. After Rape incidents, many victims suffer from trauma and painful emotions. A similar situation occurs in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. In this story, Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman, is raped by an upperclassman. Many rape victims never recuperate from their attacks, but the strongest few do.
It follows Cole, a member of the black community, as he guides viewers through what life is like when living as part of the black community. The
In Anne Norton’s “The Signs of Shopping” she starts off by dismissing shopping malls as venues for the public. They maintain the illusion as such but, malls consciously filter who walks through their entrances. The basic rights of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly are “not permitted” (87). The mall wants the people that flitter through its stores to only identify themselves by the possessions they have acquired. Possessions like clothing and jewelry or the latest technological devices represent a person’s position in the social hierarchy.
She talks about the dangers of female sexuality because it could ruin her life. She tells how to get the power of domesticity. She also tells her how her daughters sexual reputation should be instead of what it is. Even though female sexuality can be a diverse topic, Kincaid was able to stick to one view of female
As quoted in Coco Chanel: a woman of her own (Axel Madsen, p124), ‘’ fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. ’’ (Refer to appendix 1) Fashion is everywhere nowadays and is having more and more impact in our daily life. Fashion existed in different forms.
Fashion is my method of self-expression. The clothes we choose to wear gives us control over how others perceive us and affects how we feel about ourselves. From wearing black at the Golden Globes in support of the Time’s Up movement to the traditional Chinese Qi Pao, clothes can show solidarity without words or act as a way for us to connect to our cultural heritage. This is why fashion is important to me, because it allows me to tell a story about who I am and who I aspire to be. I have chosen to further my Management studies at the London College of Fashion because the MA Fashion Design Management covers themes essential for managing a successful fashion brand, which has always been a dream of mine.