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 ...