Cork teens campaign against negative body image
The Mount Mercy students’ transition-year project is entitled ‘Don’t Let the Wrecking Ball Wreck You’, a reference to singer Miley Cyrus’s hyper-sexual music video and the often negative impact of pop culture on the young.
Ali Brady (16) and Magda Put (16) are two of the 29 girls in the transition year. Both say that young people are constantly being told that appearance is everything. “Young people are made think that beauty is about being skinny and dressing a certain way. We want them to realise that you don’t need to be the best looking to be beautiful,” says Ali.
