When I first saw this video, I was at a loss for words. I know that there is an inexcusable amount of Photoshop of pictures for magazines, billboards, advertisements, etc. However, Photoshop and airbrush to this degree truly shocked me. It angers me that some find it necessary to make a female "Barbie-looking". She had so much natural beauty that did not need to be altered. First, by altering her this way, you are telling her that her body is not good enough for these photos. This woman is being taught that her body is flawed and that it needs to be fixed electronically. Second, young girls are going to see this picture of this woman with the big blue eyes, big blonde hair, light skin, super skinny body, long skinny arms and legs and begin to feel poorly about themselves if they do not fit the mold. This is beyond unfair as every woman is beautiful and unique in their own way. It frustrates me that thousands of women have self-esteem issues, eating disorders, self-harm and self-hatred for their bodies because they do not look the way the media expects them to be. I believe watching this video is important for girls as it shows what the media does in order for women to feel less about themselves. It is very rare that a woman looks like that. The woman that they are taking a picture of doesn't even look like that because the amount of Photoshop and retouching they did on her - on top of all the makeup and fake hair - is insane.
I hope that one day young girls will learn that the images that they see in the media are not real and they should not be held to the standard of a retouched image. Girls should be happy in their bodies and should be comfortable in their own skin. No one deserves to be put down for their physical appearance - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlVyUJw3TM
This just gives me chills. We see these photoshopped images everywhere and so easily forget that no one actually looks like that, but yet that's what we want to look like.
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