Manorexic Mannequins?
Do we see pressure for men to have an "ideal body type" in other ways besides mannequins? Sure. Men are now being subjected to airbrushing in the media to give them the perfect body.
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A Photoshopped Michelle Obama, and Jessica Simpson: Sans Makeup
You know it's a weird month in celeb-land when Good Housekeeping cover girl, Michelle Obama, is photoshopped within an inch of her life and Marie Claire cover girl, Jessica Simpson, is not only un-airbrushed, but also sans makeup.
Self-Image in the City of Airbrushed Angels
I'll admit it: I'm as susceptible as any woman to the pressure to be perfect. I read magazines. I watch television. And most perilous of all, I live in Los Angeles.
Unretouched Madonna Pics Leaked, Turns Out She's Not Immune to Aging After All
I think the shock came from the incongruity of a woman of mature age dressed like an extra from the Halloween scene of Mean Girls - a movie about high schoolers, in case you have forgotten.
Please Don't Retouch Me
We all want to be attractive and admired. What I object to is the excess, the shameless retouching, the body sculpting performed by so many magazines, and the dangerous message it sends.
Photoshopping Hall of Shame
Welcome to the photoshop hall of shame courtesy of Newsweek entitled, "Unattainable Beauty" (Click Here). It's likely that you heard about the Ralph L...
Reach Out and Retouch Someone: Why Digital Tweaking Isn't Such a Dirty Business
We've all become amateur retouchers, at home laboring over personal photos to remove red eyes, delete blemishes and improve the overall appearance of our skin. So when did retouching become such an abominable practice?
Skinny Reporting Misses the Point of Ralph Lauren Boycott
The images in Ralph Lauren's ads are linked to the promotion of eating disorders. They perpetuate the illusion that only when you achieve "thinness" will you be beautiful, adored and loved.
Ralph Lauren Boycott Ready to Blow Into the Windy City
In the wake of their gross transformative photoshopping fiasco, indie filmmaker Darryl Roberts is calling for Ralph Lauren to explain and apologize to women everywhere.
Bring Back the Belly
Girls growing up today have enough pressure without these unrealistic and unhealthy images of scarecrows. I say bring back the belly. Quick.
Ralph Lauren Boycott: Retaking Beauty
While touring with "America The Beautiful," Darryl Roberts says he has met more than 100,000 young women, the vast majority of whom have eating disorders or think they are ugly.
The Latest Trend In Modeling: Airbrushing Babies
Airbrushing our children's imperfections sends the message that our kids are not good enough as they are. And who wants to teach that to their children?
In Defense Of The Skinny Girl
The skinny model is a walking, talking hanger for the clothing. The model allows the garment to speak for itself -- no distraction, no confusion, no nothing. Skinny is in and it ain't going anywhere.
The Benefit of Ralph Lauren's Blunder
Ralph Lauren has seen better days. This week his company has been blasted for allegedly firing a size 4 model for being "overweight" and photoshopping her into a grotesquely and impossibly thin woman.
Ralph Lauren Model: I Was Fired For Being Too Fat
Did anyone ever actually look at this image and think, for even one millisecond, that it was real? Filippa Hamilton's body was manipulated to such an irrational extent that it ceases to look human.
Faking It
Is faking perfection -- by airbrushing, lip synching, and digitally enhancing -- some kind of new form of acting responsibly?
Back at Vogue Again
Rather like the summer of 1914, the time of The September Issue was the perfect glossy loveliness before the crash -- with everyone flying high on a haze of fashion, with Anna Wintour firmly in charge.
The SELF You Never Were
SELF takes the focus off her talent by making us focus on what they see as the money shot... a version of Clarkson that doesn't exist.
Palin Blasts Local Blogger for Photoshopping
One thing sure to come from this latest turn of events is the evidence that Palin has changed her tactics, and that right or wrong, Linda Kellen Biegel will be better known by the time it's over.
Media Literacy 101: The Ethics of Photoshopping a Shirtless Obama
Said Leslie Milk, Washingtonian magazine's lifestyle editor, "I know we changed the color of his suit to red, and dropped out the background."
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