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Brainwashed?
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Is the media in your closet? Do you catch yourself copying fashions from your favorite celebrity rag or favorite television show? And is that such a bad thing?

Join us as we look at the good and the bad of our media saturated and globalized world. Are we brainwashed by our media, or is media just a reflection of our selves? Join the conversation.

Brainwashed?
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tia N
Canada
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Our Media portrayal of women affects not only young girls, but married women and older women as well. And actually, the older we get, the more excluded and isolated we become. Women over 40 facing divorce, often have some sort of...
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