Creating Insecurities
"In a world full of Kardashians, be a Sarah Connor." This is a meme currently doing the rounds on social media and it actually got my hackles up. Let's unpack this: The Kardashians are a family of folk who barely seem real. For some or another reason their contrived antics appear to be hugely popular. I could not, in all honesty, aspire to be anything like they are in their superficiality and nor would I encourage any young girls I know to aspire to this apparent fickleness. Let's head in the opposite direction: Sarah Conner - a fictional character created for the Terminator Series. Designed with the typical Barbie-goes-badass look she is rough and tough. A no-nonsense woman who is mildly sadistic, extremely violent and loses touch with her humanity on more than one occasion (as an aside, I read an article some time ago where it was said that the writers based aspects of her character on folk such as Joseph Stalin). Either way, she is still my first choice