Gee...I wonder why women have body issues...
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The Kelly Clarkson one makes me the angriest....... >:[0
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Yes. and clearly this is just an issue with woman. If only men could be more accepting like women. Like just the other day I heard a group of woman talking about how gross all those tight ripped guys were in twilight. Then they kept saying, 'If only I could find man as sexy as Kevin James, then I'd be happy'. Oh yeah, you ladies are totally discriminated against
lol fair point
i think PSing happens on both genders massively in the media, do any of us serously go out looking for an airbrushed partner? it's just a picture, i don't look at any of those and think omg that's better (other than britney and madonna) they're amasing looking without PSing and with it they become more unobtainable and unrealistic, i don't look at megan fox with PSing and think i'll be finding one that looks like her tomorrow! or for that matter without
any bloke that does and is expecting to bump into an airbrushed megan fox lookalike is probably going to be alone for a long, long, long time so why worry?0 -
Yes. and clearly this is just an issue with woman. If only men could be more accepting like women. Like just the other day I heard a group of woman talking about how gross all those tight ripped guys were in twilight. Then they kept saying, 'If only I could find man as sexy as Kevin James, then I'd be happy'. Oh yeah, you ladies are totally discriminated against
Actually, I've always gone for the "teddy bear" type.
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Body shaming has been going on since the 1500s.
Dude is totally ripped! LOOK HOW UNREALISTICALLY BIG HIS HANDS ARE! They're bigger than his head, WHICH IS HUGE TOO! How can I compete with this? :sad:0 -
Not gonna lie, I spent like ten minutes watching Katy Perry's boobs grow and shrink.
Glad I wasn't the only one!
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Am I the only one who thinks it terrible that they erased a belly-button freckle? I mean really?! How freaking cute is a belly button freckle?!0
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Those are very slight photo-shopped corrections. They are just turning a 9.5 into a 10. NBD.
Agreed for some of it. They are very beautiful women who only look a little more polished when they're photoshopped. However, if even what we consider to be the most beautiful women are having bags under their eyes removed, a tiny trace of a stomach roll (simply because she's hunched over), and any natural blemishes removed, it really shows that the average person can't attain it. So we try for magazine perfection that no one, not even the girl in the photo can get, and then are depressed and feel bad about our own bodies when we can't get there.
I think blaming magazines is a cop out. Especially now when so many before photoshop pictures are being released.
If someone feels bad about themselves, their first step is to stop blaming other people and the media for it. Then focus on themselves and better themselves for themselves. See what I'm saying? Not for anyone else.
Being truly confident doesn't mean you're in the best shape ever, it means NOT comparing yourself and accepting yourself, flaws and all
That's fine and true for adults, or should be even if it isn't, but those magazines sell very well to children. And body image issues tend to start in childhood.
But what can you do? Our societies are obsessed with appearance and to some extent so is our species. It's sad but it's a war against both biology and a whole lot of money made by a collection of industries that has gotten rich convincing us we aren't good enough.
Also, they make money telling us we stink.
Ok once again, instead of blaming media, look to the parents.
I tell my daughter daily that she is beautiful and I don't have those kinds of magazines around for her to look at.
By working out and eating healthy, I'm teaching her the importance of being strong and healthy.
Too often ppl blame video games, tv, movies, magazines, etc etc for kids behavior or mentality but what about the parents??
Monitor your damn kids and lead by example. If a mother presents a confident, healthy, realistic front for her daughter, the daughter will follow suite. I have also explained that movies are PRETEND and so is tv. Talk to your kids....that simple
And yes, appearance does mean a lot but it is so wrong to want to look nice? Most of use shower daily, do our hair, do our make up and why? I wear make up b/c I like the way I look with it on. It's not to impress anyone else. I try to dress nice b/c it makes ME feel good.0 -
What strikes me as funny is that this is AFTER hours of hair and makeup, with a professional photographer and perfect lighting. And the photos STILL need that much editing.
I think it would seriously bum me out if I were a celebrity and they felt the need to take out everything that makes me an individual.
Yeah, when they altered the hair flipping in one of the Britney Spears' Candi shots, I was thinking, "Er, why not take another shot but fix her hair?" Of course, they might have noticed after the fact...
That being said, the whole "stripping of individuality" is why I think photoshopping has become so obvious that it's bizarre if anyone still views them as "real." We know the freckles, moles, scars, etc. that these celebrities have; those aren't covered up in the 10x more paparazzi shots that exist of them, those are apparent in the movies or concerts we seem them in, etc. When those individualistic things get obliterated, it's kind of a, "Who does anybody think they're kidding here?"
I noticed the mole thing. Why did they erase Meghan Fox's mole? It was cute.0 -
Yes. and clearly this is just an issue with woman. If only men could be more accepting like women. Like just the other day I heard a group of woman talking about how gross all those tight ripped guys were in twilight. Then they kept saying, 'If only I could find man as sexy as Kevin James, then I'd be happy'. Oh yeah, you ladies are totally discriminated against
Actually, I've always gone for the "teddy bear" type.
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They also really altered her eye color.Erasing curves or erasing any signs of aging. Women with wrinkles are useless!
The Angelina Jolie GIF didn't load properly for me, so it just stayed in... well, I assume it's post-photoshop. Or maybe she is just that perfect... Hm.
Right click on the picture and hit "open in new tab/window", the really only altered her complexion. I also was surprised at how little Britney was altered.
The second one is hilarious, it looks like she's pushing her boobies up and down :laugh:0 -
Those are very slight photo-shopped corrections. They are just turning a 9.5 into a 10. NBD.
The bottom line is: body image issues in this country are getting worse and worse and any amount of photoshop is not helping. The age of eating disorders in our culture is getting lower and lower! Some cases as low as 4-5 years old!!! So to anyone to push issues like this by the ways side, please PLEASE think again. It's a sad sad day when we are treating TODDLERS for EDs!0 -
Not gonna lie, I spent like ten minutes watching Katy Perry's boobs grow and shrink.
Glad I wasn't the only one!
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Just gunna repost since we obviously need this to keep happening.
And yes, magazines are supposed to show the ideal, something to pinup on the wall whether male or female. Just like statues or paintings before. Everyone should know there is photoshop involved, just like there was airbrushing and makeup and lighting tricks before.0 -
To be honest, I find myself having more body issues by coming here and seeing all these lovely ladies that have lost beaucoups amount of weight and look fabulous.... flaunting their buff pics everywhere.... Than I ever did and do while looking at a magazine.0
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All this teaches me is to get better at photoshop.................0
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Those are very slight photo-shopped corrections. They are just turning a 9.5 into a 10. NBD.
Agreed for some of it. They are very beautiful women who only look a little more polished when they're photoshopped. However, if even what we consider to be the most beautiful women are having bags under their eyes removed, a tiny trace of a stomach roll (simply because she's hunched over), and any natural blemishes removed, it really shows that the average person can't attain it. So we try for magazine perfection that no one, not even the girl in the photo can get, and then are depressed and feel bad about our own bodies when we can't get there.
I think blaming magazines is a cop out. Especially now when so many before photoshop pictures are being released.
If someone feels bad about themselves, their first step is to stop blaming other people and the media for it. Then focus on themselves and better themselves for themselves. See what I'm saying? Not for anyone else.
Being truly confident doesn't mean you're in the best shape ever, it means NOT comparing yourself and accepting yourself, flaws and all
That's fine and true for adults, or should be even if it isn't, but those magazines sell very well to children. And body image issues tend to start in childhood.
But what can you do? Our societies are obsessed with appearance and to some extent so is our species. It's sad but it's a war against both biology and a whole lot of money made by a collection of industries that has gotten rich convincing us we aren't good enough.
Also, they make money telling us we stink.
Ok once again, instead of blaming media, look to the parents.
I tell my daughter daily that she is beautiful and I don't have those kinds of magazines around for her to look at.
By working out and eating healthy, I'm teaching her the importance of being strong and healthy.
Too often ppl blame video games, tv, movies, magazines, etc etc for kids behavior or mentality but what about the parents??
Monitor your damn kids and lead by example. If a mother presents a confident, healthy, realistic front for her daughter, the daughter will follow suite. I have also explained that movies are PRETEND and so is tv. Talk to your kids....that simple
And yes, appearance does mean a lot but it is so wrong to want to look nice? Most of use shower daily, do our hair, do our make up and why? I wear make up b/c I like the way I look with it on. It's not to impress anyone else. I try to dress nice b/c it makes ME feel good.
Well best home school then, because once kids hit the teenage years you only have so much influence over them compared to their peers, and I guarantee their peers are reading these magazines and bringing them to school.
Perhaps schools should ban them? They certainly aren't needed for study.0 -
If I want to see average girls, I'll just go outside and look around. I think magazine covers are a nice escape from reality where you can see perfection.
It also gives everyone something to shoot for. When I real Men's Health and see the guys with the perfect abs, it gives me something to strive for. I use it as motivation more than anything else.
Average girls??? That was pretty low. You must be one that makes women feel that they should be better than they are. Looking at a picture on magazine does not cause me to strive to look like them especially when clearly its not reality. Anyone can look good in photoshop.
Nope, not mad at all, just think that was pretty low of you. I see on your profile you would like to land a cute girl... hmm not with the attitude thinking a woman is average just bc shes not on a magazine cover. Good luck with that!
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Body shaming has been going on since the 1500s.
Dude is totally ripped! LOOK HOW UNREALISTICALLY BIG HIS HANDS ARE! They're bigger than his head, WHICH IS HUGE TOO! How can I compete with this? :sad:
Yes. But the wiener is quite unspectacular... photoshop would have turned him into Dirk Digler0 -
If you are aiming to look like a magazine cover then you can't be too bright. We all know its tweaked.0
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Oh boo. Maybe if parents took the time to teach their children about self esteem and healthy body image, everyone wouldn't be so quick to point the finger of blame at magazines/ads/commercials.
Anyone ever remember that PSA where the model went from being average to drop dead gorgeous? I'm pretty sure it was Cindy Crawford. My mother made it a point to show that to me regularly when I was a child. She made it a point to reinforce the idea that while models and celebrities ARE gorgeous, they're not nearly as perfect as magazine covers would lead you to believe.
She also reinforced the idea that one's insides are infinitely more gorgeous than their outsides. Now THERE'S a concept.
These women are EXPECTED to look perfect. Let's be honest, if they magazine ran the unphotoshopped Kim K. picture, no one would be saying "OMG FINALLY SHE LOOKS SO REAL." They'd be saying, "Daaaammmmnn, girl's letting herself go." Magazines photoshop and perfect their images because that's what the consumer WANTS.
Do I think some of the images are overly photoshopped? Yes. But for the most part, they're already gorgeous women who've just been glossed over. Nothing to get upset about.
Teach your children that this is the norm, that magazine covers and ads AREN'T how those women look day to day, and maybe, just maybe, there won't be such an issue.
Stop passing the blame.0 -
Those are very slight photo-shopped corrections. They are just turning a 9.5 into a 10. NBD.
The bottom line is: body image issues in this country are getting worse and worse and any amount of photoshop is not helping. The age of eating disorders in our culture is getting lower and lower! Some cases as low as 4-5 years old!!! So to anyone to push issues like this by the ways side, please PLEASE think again. It's a sad sad day when we are treating TODDLERS for EDs!
That has a LOT to do with those Toddlers parents, particularly their mothers going around the house in front of their toddlers saying "I'm fat" I'm such a (insert large animal here)" and other disparaging comments about themselves and then weighing themselves constantly... as well as "dieting". Toddlers want to be like their parents, so they mimic what they see.0 -
What strikes me as funny is that this is AFTER hours of hair and makeup, with a professional photographer and perfect lighting. And the photos STILL need that much editing.
I think it would seriously bum me out if I were a celebrity and they felt the need to take out everything that makes me an individual.
Yeah, when they altered the hair flipping in one of the Britney Spears' Candi shots, I was thinking, "Er, why not take another shot but fix her hair?" Of course, they might have noticed after the fact...
That being said, the whole "stripping of individuality" is why I think photoshopping has become so obvious that it's bizarre if anyone still views them as "real." We know the freckles, moles, scars, etc. that these celebrities have; those aren't covered up in the 10x more paparazzi shots that exist of them, those are apparent in the movies or concerts we seem them in, etc. When those individualistic things get obliterated, it's kind of a, "Who does anybody think they're kidding here?"
I noticed the mole thing. Why did they erase Meghan Fox's mole? It was cute.
To be fair, I am almost positive that's a navel piercing...0 -
Those are very slight photo-shopped corrections. They are just turning a 9.5 into a 10. NBD.
Agreed for some of it. They are very beautiful women who only look a little more polished when they're photoshopped. However, if even what we consider to be the most beautiful women are having bags under their eyes removed, a tiny trace of a stomach roll (simply because she's hunched over), and any natural blemishes removed, it really shows that the average person can't attain it. So we try for magazine perfection that no one, not even the girl in the photo can get, and then are depressed and feel bad about our own bodies when we can't get there.
I think blaming magazines is a cop out. Especially now when so many before photoshop pictures are being released.
If someone feels bad about themselves, their first step is to stop blaming other people and the media for it. Then focus on themselves and better themselves for themselves. See what I'm saying? Not for anyone else.
Being truly confident doesn't mean you're in the best shape ever, it means NOT comparing yourself and accepting yourself, flaws and all
You definitely have a point but unfortunately I think most people aren't smart/strong enough to realize this. I blame magazines because they know people will not be strong/smart enough to realize this, in fact they rely on it and keep marketing eye creams and other products that don't work and get people to strive for an unrealistic body type. Especially young girls who are vulnerable and don’t understand that celebrities are not perfect.0 -
A little more makeup and perkier boobies.
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If I want to see average girls, I'll just go outside and look around. I think magazine covers are a nice escape from reality where you can see perfection.
It also gives everyone something to shoot for. When I real Men's Health and see the guys with the perfect abs, it gives me something to strive for. I use it as motivation more than anything else.
Unfortunately I think it gives men a false idea of "real" women are supposed to look like. So, if we have a crease on our face, a bulge at our waste, and we are not a size 0... we must not be worthy...0 -
Oh boo. Maybe if parents took the time to teach their children about self esteem and healthy body image, everyone wouldn't be so quick to point the finger of blame at magazines/ads/commercials.
Anyone ever remember that PSA where the model went from being average to drop dead gorgeous? I'm pretty sure it was Cindy Crawford. My mother made it a point to show that to me regularly when I was a child. She made it a point to reinforce the idea that while models and celebrities ARE gorgeous, they're not nearly as perfect as magazine covers would lead you to believe.
She also reinforced the idea that one's insides are infinitely more gorgeous than their outsides. Now THERE'S a concept.
These women are EXPECTED to look perfect. Let's be honest, if they magazine ran the unphotoshopped Kim K. picture, no one would be saying "OMG FINALLY SHE LOOKS SO REAL." They'd be saying, "Daaaammmmnn, girl's letting herself go." Magazines photoshop and perfect their images because that's what the consumer WANTS.
Do I think some of the images are overly photoshopped? Yes. But for the most part, they're already gorgeous women who've just been glossed over. Nothing to get upset about.
Teach your children that this is the norm, that magazine covers and ads AREN'T how those women look day to day, and maybe, just maybe, there won't be such an issue.
Stop passing the blame.
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If I want to see average girls, I'll just go outside and look around. I think magazine covers are a nice escape from reality where you can see perfection.
It also gives everyone something to shoot for. When I real Men's Health and see the guys with the perfect abs, it gives me something to strive for. I use it as motivation more than anything else.
While I think this is the most asstastic way to say this...there is a point here...somewhere...
Magazine covers...fantasy.
I don't think any girl on the street is just average however...that wording is just...lame. Nor do I think someone on a magazine cover is necessarily "perfection"...that is all in the eye of the beholder. Any person that lives walking around looking for someone that looks like a magazine cover is a doofus.0 -
If I want to see average girls, I'll just go outside and look around. I think magazine covers are a nice escape from reality where you can see perfection.
It also gives everyone something to shoot for. When I real Men's Health and see the guys with the perfect abs, it gives me something to strive for. I use it as motivation more than anything else.
Average girls huh? Maybe that's not what you meant... All the girls that are photoCHOPPED in those pics are no different than what is outside your front door. The only difference is that they are made into something that they are not. Its unrealistic to even think that their look should be something to "shoot for" when its something that doesn't even exist.0 -
If I want to see average girls, I'll just go outside and look around. I think magazine covers are a nice escape from reality where you can see perfection.
It also gives everyone something to shoot for. When I real Men's Health and see the guys with the perfect abs, it gives me something to strive for. I use it as motivation more than anything else.
Unfortunately I think it gives men a false idea of "real" women are supposed to look like. So, if we have a crease on our face, a bulge at our waste, and we are not a size 0... we must not be worthy...
Only to mindless men.0 -
These changes are huge! I mean Angelina Jolie's eye is in a different spot in the after picture.0
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Nope, not mad at all, just think that was pretty low of you. I see on your profile you would like to land a cute girl... hmm not with the attitude thinking a woman is average just bc shes not on a magazine cover. Good luck with that!
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