I'll be the link guy again.
I think this video, while pretty funny, is a very true statement about Photoshop being used and misused in the media in order to perpetuate false images of the body. The video below presents itself as a fake beauty product ad, but instead of selling moisturizing cream or age-reducing gel or lemon-lime-orange-grapefruit-pomelo-infused-fingernail-butter, it's selling Photoshop and pointing out how drastically one can change one's appearance, giving oneself an unrealistic figure. This unrealistic figure, then, serves as the model on which girls base how they want to look, thereby leading to various eating disorders, low self-esteem, and poor body image.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_vVUIYOmJM
haha I really enjoyed this clip. The message was definitely very pertinent, amid its presentation in a hu One thing that really struck me was the idea that one can change their race (1:12) if one desired. Why is it that one would desire to change their race? This just reminds me of the fact that beauty is traditionally defined to be looked as in European characteristics: blonde haired, blue eyes. Anyways, just spilling some thoughts :)
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