Artifacts

A Journal of Undergraduate Writing at the University of Missouri

Archives for the ‘Culture’ Category

Identification With the Need to Achieve

By Artifacts • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Culture, Issue 1

by Gretchen Hubler
While flipping through the pages of Seventeen, among the numerous makeup, fashion and perfume advertisements, a half-page ad caught my eye. It was in split-screen format with a cool blue background. On the left stood a grim-faced girl who had just stepped off a yellow school bus full of rowdy children [...]