Culture Crafting the Perfect Body: How the Media Encourages Idealistic Female Forms by Courtney Littler In nearly all of Lauren Greenfield's photographs and corresponding testimonies, a female is resigned to the fact that her appearance is one of her top priorities. It is society, Greenfield implies, that produces and encourages this attitude. Continue to the article. So New Music Isn't the Devil After All by Mindy Menjou Newcomer to the music scene, Patrick Wolf employs an upbeat blend of musical styles that serves as a refreshing break from today's uniform pop music. Continue to the article. "Phony" Mythology: Conformity, Socialization, and The Catcher in the Rye by Sonja Beck The independent mindset depicted in The Catcher in the Rye glorifies American individualism and therefore suggests that teenage rebellion may not be as defiant as many youths believes it to be. Instead, rebellion is a very conformed response to Western culture. Continue to the article. "Valley Girl," Joan Didion, and the California Dream by Kathi Inman Berens Los Angeles is constantly depicted as a heaven here on earth to those outside its borders, but after moving to this supposed promised land of American fulfillment, and with some insightful illumination from Joan Didion, an established professor discovers that a Perfect America continues to evade her. Continue to the article. A Subjective Objective by Jordan Francke In a society craving to discover definite truths, oftentimes people take comfort in the belief that their opinions are widely accepted. Even in cinema, there is a desire to possess actual good taste, but it is impossible to find objectivity in a creative art form. Continue to the article.