Because culture says that women never look good enough.

[butterfly]

I'm mostly putting this here as a personal reminder of how Western (specifically American, in this case) society works to destroy female self-image.

At the Iwanex Studio website, under their portfolio section, you can see some of the retouched photos of celebrities that they've done... when you scroll over the image, you can see what the picture looked like before it was photoshopped. See Cameron Diaz's breasts reshaped and her arms and legs made smaller! See freckles disappear! See Julia Stiles' breasts and hips grow! Watch as women are given uniform 'hourglass' figures!

They fuck with some guys' appearances, too, but not to the same extent.

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[kb91.livejournal.com]

This is really fascinating. I've seen magazine articles that talk about retouching and show before and after pics, but this really hits home, the way you can move your mouse on and off each pic.

I've talked to my 13 year old about this stuff, but I'm going to show her this website. It's a perfect example of why you can't compare yourself to the photos in magazines -- even models don't look like models in real life!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It's a perfect example of why you can't compare yourself to the photos in magazines -- even models don't look like models in real life!

Exactly! Even the hottest actress around aren't hot enough for the magazines. It really shows how extreme our culture is about the 'perfection' of women's bodies (and how impossible it is).