Originally posted on 7/16/2013
First I want to clarify that this is not a blog bashing her. This is more in
reference to everyone else. I just heard of Talia today and have nothing
bad to say about her. All I know is she was a driven girl with dreams,
who fought cancer the best she could. I have seen photos all over
Facebook stating that she died on this day. I felt bad and sad for her
and her family, but then i read the comments. My opinion changed. Why so
much support and sadness for this girl? Is it because she's a cancer
victim? Maybe, but not that much. Is it because she made Youtube makeup
tutorials? No, because many people have them and don't get much
attention. (she got attention because well, she's 13 and bald due to
Chemo. Hey if it works to your advantage, why not?) The reason so many
people are sad is because this is a 13 year old with talent (for makeup)
and was taken away from us at such a young age. And yes partially
because of cancer. I believe all kids have talent, some just discover it
before others. She had a lot of spirit in her too. I do feel bad that a
life was lost too, I can also understand why so many people are sad,
but I feel even worse for other cancer victims that have died or even
survived and go unnoticed. They are probably watching the news at home
or in a hospital struggling after chemo thinking "Oh I guess I'm not
good enough to talk about. I'm not special enough." Ok maybe they aren't
saying that, but I would if i had cancer. It reminds me of how someone
else gets praise for doing the same work you do, the only difference
between you and the is that they are younger. That would offend me. They
go through the same struggles, but no one cares, at least on the media
and internet. Why is the media giving her so much attention? Her looks.
regardless of age, the media loves a pretty face and Talia had one. it's
by no surprise every person that has some kind of disease that ends up
on TV is in some way attractive and mostly female. So we know the
media's agenda, what about the people? I find the comments to be a bit
hypocritical also because many of these people critique children who
wear makeup and Talia wore a lot of it. All of a sudden here is a child
with makeup and they don't say a word about it and why not? Because she
had cancer.They don't say anything out of respect. I don't think it's
right to only respect kids with life threatening diseases. I also don't
think it's fair for us to praise these kids struggling as if the adults
are not. Let's not just support one person with a special story
attached to them. Let's support all cancer victims and survivors. Again I
have no problem with Talia, a young girl with tremendous talent.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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