The media should portray Adele's body image more responsibly

However, I wish to clarify the resolution of the wording responsibly to be synonymous with truthfully. This is to make sure we stay on the topic that we are discussing at present, and to stop any cases of squirelling. My opponent's argument seems to come down to the clash point that people will imitate Adele. In other words, that Adele is a role model. But what is a role model? A definition of "role model" is someone worthy of imitation. That's because people wish to imitate the good aspects of a person’s character, such as their ability to sing or to play football, and not the aspects that are socially unacceptable, such as eating habits. I'd like to imitate Boris Johnson for the fact that he is a great politician. If he started doing pot through a bong, then not only would I'd be laughing too hard to coherently write this argument, but I would continue not doing pot. Why? Because we imitate the good aspects of people. Not the bad. With the case of Adele, if I bring up the youtube feed on her song "Rolling in the deep": "Thumbs up if you listen this song after she won 6 grammy awards""I like her voice and lyrics cause she's genuine. .if I ever had a second chance with an old soulmate, I would jump at it. .cause I am now able to lay all the cards on the table and tell all of the truth""One Word to describe her "Amazing". .. thimbs up if u think so. .its rite"The video, with 235,000,000 hits, that's 235 million, and rising, is one that is popular for her rise through adversity, not through her weight. In addition, young people are not solely influenced by celebrities. They do not look up to one person alone, but a range of people, such as parents, friends, teachers and members of the community. Simply by changing the image of Adele, there would not be any improvement made, and it is simply using a scapegoat for the problems of people. This problem is not one that shall disappear by simply showing Adele as being a larger woman. Also, my opponent criticises Adele for being "some sort of warbling warthog in a dress", then criticising the media for "fail[ing] to make any derogatory remarks about her weight". I contend this is because her weight is not important. The media, including youtube and the music industry, have her singing alone almost all the time. Why? It increases the simplicity of the music, recognising the beauty of such things. If they made her a "warbling warthog", then that would be completely pointless and specifically an attempt to be derogatory for no reason. Criticising people for something completely unrelated to their role is something that I abhor, and wish my opponent can justify this in the second round. Secondly, my opponent contends that "female pop stars. .. encourage girls to lead healthy lives". I would make a very important amendment to this. Female pop stars encourage girls to lead 'skinny' lives. Health has nothing to do with it. The size 0 obsession is one that has caused many problems. We've created a society which is pro-size 0, something which is a known cause of anorexia. [1]. The health risks are similar to that of starvation[1]. It can only be a good thing we are moving towards moderation, and allow people to see that size 0 is not important. Let's abandon this care for wieght at all. And the first step for doing this is by pacifying the interest of wieght among the media - and the lack of interest by the bbc reporters is a good start. In short, I am glad the media has a lack of interest in her wieght, and wish this lack of interest was more widespread. Secondly, I hope that my opponent realises that the argument that she is a role model is not important - people follow celebrities for their talent, not their weaknesses.1 - . http://anorexia.emedtv.com...;2 - . http://www.disordered-eating.co.uk...;