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Gaga look alike"Wannabes":  Mimicking Idols

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Two 12-year-old girls are standing outside a mini-mart. They are wearing matching tube tops and short skirts like Britney Spears clones. One holds a cigarette, like an adult, where everyone can see her.   She looks around to make sure other girls are noticing her.  When asked why she dresses the way she does, she says that she likes it.      More specifically, it has more to do with her ambiguous role as a pre-teen in society. 

Two 12-year-old girls are standing outside a mini-mart. They are wearing matching tube tops and short skirts like Britney Spears clones. One holds a cigarette, like an adult, where everyone can see her.   She looks around to make sure other girls are noticing her.  When asked why she dresses the way she does, she says that she likes it.      More specifically, it has more to do with her ambiguous role as a pre-teen in society.  

 

        

ambiguous (adj) – unclear, confusing, two-sided
clone (n.) - identical genetic copy
mimic (v.) - copy or imitate
mimicry (n.) a copy, an imitation
wannabe (slang n.) – dressing and acting like a famous person, a pop idol: "want-to-be"

 

 

 

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YOUR RESPONSE CHECK ANSWER

  Pre-teens are in between child and adult stages.    

  Pre-teens are in between child and adult stages.  

 

  

 
 

    

    

 

      

 
 

appropriate (adj) – correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose
copy-cat (n.) - a person who copies something belonging to someone else
secure (adj.) - eeling confident about yourself and your abilities

 

 

 

 

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YOUR RESPONSE CHECK ANSWER

  Unfortunately, many of their idols dress and behave in ways that are not age-appropriate.    Teens need better role models than Hollywood currently has to offer.   

  Unfortunately, many of their idols dress and behave in ways that are not age-appropriate.    Teens need better role models than Hollywood currently has to offer.   

 

 

 
 

idol (n.) - someone or something that you love or admire very much 
role model (n.) - someone whose behavior and attitudes people try to copy because they admire thems

 

 

 

 

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One of these things is spending ridiculous amounts of money on idol clothing-lines.  That's right!  Young hollywood celebrities are making money off  their twelve-year old "peers" who give in to peer pressure. 

 

. One of these things is spending ridiculous amounts of money on idol clothing-lines.  That's right!  Young hollywood celebrities are making money off  their twelve-year old "peers" who give in to peer pressure.   

 

   

 
 

exert (v.) – to use power or influence to make something happen
are mimicking (v) - are copying or imitating
succumb (v.) – give in, allow someone or something else to take control

tart (slang.) - a negative word for a woman who is too easy to seduce

inappropriately dressed