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CONTRAST

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another / a third/ a fourth cause

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CONDITION

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"Wannabes" —  Mimicking Idols

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Gaga look alike

 

 

 

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Two 12-year-old girls are standing outside a mini-mart. They are wearing matching tube tops and short skirts like Britney Spears clones. One holds a cigarette, like an adult, where everyone can see her.   She looks around to make sure other girls are noticing her.  When asked why she dresses the way she does, she says that she likes it.      More specifically, it has more to do with her ambiguous role as a pee-teen in society. 
Two 12-year-old girls are standing outside a mini-mart. They are wearing matching tube tops and short skirts like Britney Spears clones. One holds a cigarette, like an adult, where everyone can see her.   She looks around to make sure other girls are noticing her.  When asked why she dresses the way she does, she says that she likes it.      More specifically, it has more to do with her ambiguous role as a per-teen in society.  

ambiguous (adj) – unclear, confusing, two-sided

clone (n.) - identical genetic copy

mimic (v.) - copy or imitate

mimicry (n.) a copy, an imitation

wannabe (slang n.) – dressing and acting like a famous person, a pop idol: "want-to-be"

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Wannabes"

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  Pre-teens are in between child and adult stages.  
  Pre-teens are in between child and adult stages.    

 

 

 

 

 

"Wannabes"

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  Unfortunately, many of their idols dress and behave in ways that are not age-appropriate.    Teens need better role models than Hollywood currently has to offer. 
  Unfortunately, many of their idols dress and behave in ways that are not age-appropriate.    Teens need better role models than Hollywood currently has to offer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Wannabes"

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One of these things is spending ridiculous amounts of money on idol clothing-lines.  That's right!  Young Hollywood celebrities are making money off  their twelve-year old "peers" who give in to peer pressure. 
. One of these things is spending ridiculous amounts of money on idol clothing-lines.  That's right!  Young Hollywood celebrities are making money off  their twelve-year old "peers" who give in to peer pressure.