On monday’s session,we talked about the text ‘Athleisure, barre and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman’.
What are the points Jia Tolentino is trying to make?
Well,in my opinion,the author wants to tell us,most of the time,we have a goal or a purpose,but that is not our voluntary.For example,in this text,many women choose to go to the gym, as result,they may have a perfect bofy shape,but the truth is,they are forced by the society,they are watching by other people.That is a quite interesting phenomenon,it looks like a good body shape isn’t what they really want,because of the social standard,they have to go to gym and try to be ideal women,and if you are not,you will be negatived by others.
What does the text make you think about?
So this text makes me feel about being an ideal person is very difficult and exhausting.In this text,ideal women must spend a lot of time and vigor to maintain their outlooking and keep a good impression for others.Also,this reminds me about ‘group psycology’,for example,there 100 people in the same room,and 99 people choose to sit on the floor,and if you don’t follow them and you just stand on the floor,you will be the most strange one,so it’s hard not to follow the society.
What have you learnd from this text?
I think the most important thing is that we should be brave to represent our nature,don’t focus on other people’s thinking about you,just be ourselves!Actually I don’t have a really strong personality,but I still want to try several things:
1.No matter how tough the future will be,keep being myself.
2.Best efforts for every possible thing.
3.Don’t care about other people’s thinking,unless they are good advices for me.