Olivia Basile

Olivia Basile is a student in the 8th grade at LREI. She loves to bike ride, and hanging out with her friends. She was born and raised in New York City and lives in Manhattan. Her social justice topic is body image and social media. She is very passionate about her project because, she is on social media and has experienced the affects it has on people.

Class at the Paley Center for Media

Body image and Social media, Sexual Harassment, and Abortion laws groups all went to the Paley Center for media to take one of the classes there. We were in a theater room where we talked about the media and women. We talked about how women in media are sexualized and objectified.

She showed us videos of positive and negative images in the media for women. Such as some music videos with Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears. We watched an ad where first teens are asked to “run like a girl” and “throw like a girl.” The teens would try and run with there legs kicking on the side and skiping. Then they asked kids to do it and they ran fast, threw hard, and showed how there shouldn’t be a negitive stereotype on girls. Overall it was a really great and inspiring experience.

Interview with National Eating Disorder Association.

We met with Lauren Smolar who works at the national eating disorder association. She told us about how eating disorders can run through families. She said that social media could be an effect of eating disorders. we choose her for our interview because eating disorders are a cause led by social media and it relates to body image. Her company has a hot line where you can call if you are struggling.

Body image and Social media Presentation

This week I will present with my social justice group, about our topic. We had read a few articals about the affects of body image on social media. Im very interested in my topic so I would love to share what I know with my classmates. I canyt wait to learn more about this topic and issue.