“My Bodies of the Year” by Wesley Morris stated that, throughout all of the pop culture the United States of America has produced this year, being sexy sells and this year definitely showed us the importance of how somebodies body can provoke big little things. Morris used various examples showing how famous people bodies compelled different responses either through music or theater. He used one big little thing in pop culture to show how Miley became an icon after her famous twerking and being nude in wrecking ball, especially in today’s society when most people are self-conscious about their own weight. Other examples from this year would be Victoria secrets fashion show, where all super models come together to show off the next big fashion in Victoria secret. In today’s society body matters to an extent and, with mass media spreading healthier trends, it harder for people to accept their own body if it doesn’t match the model in any magazine or on national television. When I flip to MTV all I see between episodes are either proactive or hydroxycut, which both are for the body. Not to mention most shows on the network recruit better looking people and continued the trend before I was even born. I believe that bodies mattered just as much as they did now as they did 10 years ago. We’re just experiencing it on our own, since make up has gone back before the death of Jesus. I believe that Morris used ethos, pathos, and logos appropriately throughout his essay. The cultural appeal through Miley Cyrus connected the reader as it was a current event, which for most it’s probably one of the biggest events. How he used his mother as an emotional appeal and evoked sadness from the reader and how he spent most of his time with her as she was dying from cancer. He used logical appeal correctly as he explained that sex sold and even in movies bodies become an important factor, when choosing a main role. I think his use of his personal story with his mother was nice and explained that he had more to worry about this year but it wasn’t needed, but I’ve already heard this argument from many others. I enjoyed the input and I am glad to see someone is sharing their thoughts about how sex is incorporated in our media.