eroin chic' images are about the allure, the safety, of being beyond desire." (239)Bordo saves the media's response to all the examples she brought to help prove her point that the media does not care about their affect on women's low self-esteem and eating disorders. She feels that designers, such as Calvin Klein, Yarbrough 5try to compromise with the American public by using "flawed" faces but still perfect bodies. The only thing that these designers are doing is promoting more spending on clothes and not make-up, instead of the issue at hand, being skinny. All though it might not seem completely fair, Bordo saves the media's responses and mentions them at the end. The reason why she does this is not only keep the reader interested but not going back and forth on the issue, but also build up the audiences agreement with her. This way she can get more response from her reader up against the press. When Bordo does mention the opposing side, anything that the media says and/or does just isn't good enough because they are causing people to get sick and sometimes die. This would force the audience to agree with her more, which is what she wants.Bordo does a great job with getting in touch with the reader. This article, however, is not very effective unless the reader cares about the issue before they pick it up and read it. She does a good job of arguing with the opposing sides, so if someone reads the article and their beliefs are against her beliefs; there is a possibility that they would change their minds. The reason for the possible change of heart from her lists of examples, her reasoning with it being backed up by media proof, and how much feeling she puts into the essay...
