Hey! You Can't Wear That!

1.     How do you feel about Michael Jeffries’ view on who should wear Abercrombie and    Fitch’s  clothing?

2.     Is it fair/equitable to target a particular group of teens?  Why or why not?

3.     How does this contribute to our already biased perception of what beauty is?

I feel that this is unnecessary because its just clothing, anyone should wear whatever it is they want to wear. Abercrombie and Fitch's policy will definitely get some attention. Depending on how you take this news will vary if it would be a good thing or a bad thing. The guy that made this policy will have a lot of people on him and how he shouldn't do this to the company. No matter what people say, he still has the final say to who gets to wear his products because of the sizes he offers. No it is not fair because every teen has the right to wear whatever they want and with this policy limiting some teens, it would not be fair just 'cause they are not a specific size. This shows that only thin people are beautiful and that the girls with sizes above 8 cannot be beautiful because of their weight. "Beauty is not the outside, but what is on the inside" - Ellen Degeneres.  

On a Tweet and a Prayer...

• How do you feel about these attempts to reach out our youth?

I think that reaching out to the youth this way is more effective 'cause the youth spends more than half of their days on social media networks. So the approach the new leader is attempting is definitely going to work. 

1. Do you think that having twitter accounts will help attract youth to take a greater role in the life of the Church?
2. What are the benefits of having our Church leader tweet?  Are there any disadvantages?
3. Does your parish take part in the social media world?  If so, please explain.
4. Are there any other ways that the Church can encourage our youth to get more involved?  Do you have any personal experiences related to this?

Yes, because while people are doing what ever it is they do on social media networks they will see tweets from the Pope every now and then and they can spread the word easily by clicking on the retweet button. This would definitely get him and the vatican a lot of attention because i think that he is the first Pope to ever reach out to the youth in this type of way. The advantages the community is that they get attention from people almost around the world. The Pope can also get word out faster to the world if there are any urgent messages that needs to be spread out quickly. A lot of adults may think that this idea might be too childish. That he may get to focused on this and disregard all of his other duties. No m parish does not take part in any social media because we have a fairly small group so a social media network will not be necessary. The church can interact with the crowd more during mass. I do have personal experience because my parish does not reach out the younger crowd.