too much too young?

So as I am currently in limbo, finished my A levels but not yet in uni, i found myself watching 'This Morning' yesterday morning, and one of the things that Eamon and Ruth talked about was the recent outrage over a model in French Vogue. The photo appears to be a typical photo you would see in a highly respected fashion magazine, apart from the girl is only 10 years old. When I first saw the photo I didn't actually realise how young the girl was, she was made up to look older than me, until I saw her small, immature face and body, and big innocent eyes, and her true age becomes apparent.




admittedly, I can appreciate that this is a beautiful photograph, but can this even matter, when the girl is so, so young? Do ethics matter in art? Even if they don't, this isn't simply a matter of art it's a matter of the media, where surely there HAS to be ethics.
 I think the only times I ever wore heels at such a young age was secretly dressing up in my mums shoes. Don't get me wrong, all young girls want to play dress up, and maybe, for this girl, thats all this was... except for the rest of the world, for the adult world, it's so much more than that. Why would a glamourous 20 year old french vogue reader want to look at pictures of a young girl pretending to be a woman? Plus, just to add fuel to the fire, how can the world argue about protecting children from adult things and disgusting predators, when at the same time the media, which is arguable one of the most dominating forces in the 21st century universe, throws young girls into the spotlight in such an obvious way?
I had similar thoughts when Willow Smith, at just NINE released 'whip my hair', surely she is too young to cope with the vicious demands of being a successful singer in the spotlight... but this photo in French Vogue seems to go so much further...
is this a good thing or a bad thing? Young girls look up to models, actresses, and singers... is it better if those people are there own age? Or does it create false expectations of the need to look a certain way, of growing up too fast? Do I sound old, like I don't understand? I don't think so. I think this is sick. And I think that the media should take responsibility. When young girls model they should model as young girls, not dressed up as sickly sweet adults. 

my first post!

So, this is my first ever post, on my first ever 'proper blog'. I'm an aspiring journalist and writer and before, to be honest, I never loved the thought of blogging. I just saw it as a public diary, but now I understand that it's the 'thing-to-do' for any aspiring writer, musician, fashionista...


so, i'm 18 years old, i'm currently waiting on my A-level results and if I get the grades i'm hoping to study Journalism at Cardiff university, far away from my small oxfordshire hometown. I'm impatient, a stress-head, and argumentative, with an addiction to caffeine and shopping online on asos. My motto is you only live once.


I wanted to write this blog to write about the things that I care about, that I think are important, that I want to raise awareness to, that are controversial, and mostly, will get people talking. This is going to be a place of expression, and i'm going to write about everything from fashion to sex, from music to war, from births to death.
I hope that you read this blog, and that you become interested in it, because I have oh so much to say and I can guarantee I won't shut up!