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November 2007 
I Wish EVERYONE In Our Culture Would See This...
Posted on Apr 5th, 2007
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Beth
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Yikes!!!!!
This really puts things into perspective huh?
Quite frankly, this is an awsome video. Thanks for sharing.
Perhaps I could use some digital hair?
Pretty crazy, huh - to realize that the tiny percentage of women who are considered beautiful enough to be models are not even beautiful enough as they exist in nature - even they must be digitally altered and “perfected” to meet this un-human standard of beauty that the media has dictated to us (largely to keep us spending countless millions of dollars per year on beauty products). It makes me weep for our adolescent girls, who are incessantly bombarded with the idea that our culture measures and values them first and foremost for their physical attractiveness (or lack thereof). There they are, starving themselves and frantically buying make-up while their boyfriends wonder why they don't look like that girl in the Victoria's Secret catalog. (Because even she doesn't look like that in nature!) And let's not even get started on the cosmetic surgery……
On a lighter note, I did have to laugh at your “digital hair” comment! :-)
Well put Beth. I've got a photography background among other things and I have seen how make-up and hair can transform a perfect 5, into a very attractive woman. This video just takes it too far, thinning and streaching her neck and giving her larger eyes and removing every blemish and imperfection makes her completely unreal. Funny, we never see girls like this, walking down the street. They only exist in the digital world.
Beauty products and cosmetic surgery are big business. The more they can convince women that they are not really a woman without big breasts, the better it is for their financial bottom line.
I started loosing my hair when I was still a teen. If I let it grow out, I'd look like Dr. Phil. I don't want to look like Dr. Phil!
I agree overall.
Meanwhile I love cosmetics and beauty. I choose skincare over make-up, which covers/changes you, while cosmetics nourish your skin.
Thanks for sharing,
Irena