Britney Spears calls out the airbrushing in photos
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Shoot..I would looooooooove to look like Britney BEFORE the airbrushing. I would take that any day. I am not striving for perfection...just something within the normal range.
Well gee, I can't POSSIBLY imagine how young girls in our country have body imagine issues!? She looks great in both pics, but obviously the first pic would only sell because people would buy it make fun of her instead of oogle her. I understand the logic behind airbrushing, but it sucks that our society works that way.
Hoping2BThinAgain
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GO BRITNEY!
I hope other celebrities do the same....... And hope this body image thing with the media stops.
I hope other celebrities do the same....... And hope this body image thing with the media stops.
The Media Sets the Stage for Body Issues
Girls as young as 8 years old call themselves fat, when they're not. Girls as young as 10 are suffering from eating disorders because they think they're fat, when they're not. We can thank the plethora of magazines out there that depict "perfect" bodies as normal. We can thank magazines for sending the message that fat is a "Bad" thing when in fact, healthy amounts of fat are normal for the body to function, especially the brain.
I hope that stars will start demanding that little or no air-brushing is done and if the mag won't comply, they should boycott them. Truly, our body obsession is a direct result of what we're sold on the front of magazine covers. As long as we continue to buy them, magazines will keep selling them.
What do you think of the "perfection" that magazines promote?
Girls as young as 8 years old call themselves fat, when they're not. Girls as young as 10 are suffering from eating disorders because they think they're fat, when they're not. We can thank the plethora of magazines out there that depict "perfect" bodies as normal. We can thank magazines for sending the message that fat is a "Bad" thing when in fact, healthy amounts of fat are normal for the body to function, especially the brain.
I hope that stars will start demanding that little or no air-brushing is done and if the mag won't comply, they should boycott them. Truly, our body obsession is a direct result of what we're sold on the front of magazine covers. As long as we continue to buy them, magazines will keep selling them.
What do you think of the "perfection" that magazines promote?
Verobc1
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I can say that I have had body issue since my teens because of what I saw in magazines, I now have a 3yrs daugther and I don't want her to have these same issues, I am really hoping that more stars will do this! it gives us a better idea of what is realistic seriously she looks great on the before pics, but as consumers we should rally and show magazin editors that we do not want hairbrushed anymore and as a parent I need to come to terms with my own body issue so that I can be more confident and healthy both physically and mentally cause what better way to show my daughter that you don't need to look perfect in order to be beautiful then accepting and loving myself!!!
Korrie
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I was watching "the apprentice" yesterday...anyone else see it??? Anyways, they had to make some kind of portfolio for this woman "Emily" some new country star...anyways...Donald Trump went on and on about how awful her picture was and they should have made sure it was photoshopped first. He was talking about how awful her little mole was on her cheek. I was shocked! I dont' know why, but I was. This woman is GORGEOUS!! I'd give anythign to have her pretty face...and then for him to act so apauled over it....some people are just really shallow!
Harold14370
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Who are you saying is shallow, Donald Trump or the consumer or customer who the portfolio was being prepared for? If Donald Trump knows that the consumer will have a problem with a mole on her face, then it is only good business to have it airbrushed off. If his competitor ad agency (I suppose that is what kind of business he was running) makes a more attractive product than Trump's agency, he's going to lose the contract.
By the way, what did Brittany Spears say or do? I missed that part.
Korrie
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Well, both I suppose. I don't think DT was looking at this portfolio as something to be marketed...it was one of their "projects" ya know...but yea, he never said anything about not being able to sell the product...just that they should have photoshopped it and she looked awful. But on the flip side...I think consumers are kinda to blame for being shallow as well. Not that we have a choice. The mag's decided to get carried away with the photoshopping...no one asked us what we thought. I'd MUCH rather buy a magazine with REAL woman in it...moles and all 
Yeah, magazines do contribuite a great deal to eating disorders in my experience. It works something like this:
Life is sh*t, we all can at times feel very low and for teenagers who are not yet able to express themselves as fluently as adults- the exam pressure, social stigma and large ego/me-me-me society almost feed depression and low moods.
So, a teenager or adolescent picks up a magazine, FULL of images which are celbrated- do this, wear that, create a look identikat to this and you will be celebrated too- you'll be loved, the center of attention, fitting in perfectly, adored, accpeted- it can be read in countless ways. Fact is it says "this is posative, anything otherwise is negative and worthless". The levels they set are so high, mainly because things like airbrushing are so heavily used. I'm not talking about the odd spot here or there, I'm talking about dropping several dress sizes, losing all cellulite/shadowing and flawless skin.
It would seem the ideal is prepubescent and eats very little. It would seem that on the next page, large breasts and slobbing out with a tub of ben and jerrys is also how it works. Its confusing, yet the only thing that fits each mould is the thinness of the models.
Now I don't for a second thing they all have eating disorders, but I don't think many of them eat well- enough to maintain a weight where they might maybe be able to have children, maintain good bone health or be 100% in good health. But then I guess we'll never know for sure- the airbrushing would delete any under eye shadows, any odd skin marks, spots or hair loss.
And the smile for the camera? reads this is how to be happy, this will eradicate all your problems, you just need to live a lifestyle like mine, you just need to look as close to I do as possible, then everyone will love you, will admire your clothes, will feel so jelous, you'll never feel iscolated again.
Its just a shame that many people don;t see the myth 'till its too late, and the rest stay chasing the dream for the rest of their lives.
I have lost several friends to anorexia and bulimia. On my first week in hospital, a message cam back fo a girl who had gotten to her maintainance weight. It was not enough, her heart was still too weak.She had died about a month after leaving hospital. Another friend whom I was very sorry to lose, died at the age of 28. The list goes on, I wont name everyone on here, theres not the time or space.
I don't want to make out that the magazines are the entire reason why eating disorders develop, but when your feeling really low and have no way to get help, feel unsupported or just don't have the ability to trust those around you for whatever reason, a magazine image directed to be imitated (come off it, which are not!) can be an extremely seductive ideal to fall in to.
Life is sh*t, we all can at times feel very low and for teenagers who are not yet able to express themselves as fluently as adults- the exam pressure, social stigma and large ego/me-me-me society almost feed depression and low moods.
So, a teenager or adolescent picks up a magazine, FULL of images which are celbrated- do this, wear that, create a look identikat to this and you will be celebrated too- you'll be loved, the center of attention, fitting in perfectly, adored, accpeted- it can be read in countless ways. Fact is it says "this is posative, anything otherwise is negative and worthless". The levels they set are so high, mainly because things like airbrushing are so heavily used. I'm not talking about the odd spot here or there, I'm talking about dropping several dress sizes, losing all cellulite/shadowing and flawless skin.
It would seem the ideal is prepubescent and eats very little. It would seem that on the next page, large breasts and slobbing out with a tub of ben and jerrys is also how it works. Its confusing, yet the only thing that fits each mould is the thinness of the models.
Now I don't for a second thing they all have eating disorders, but I don't think many of them eat well- enough to maintain a weight where they might maybe be able to have children, maintain good bone health or be 100% in good health. But then I guess we'll never know for sure- the airbrushing would delete any under eye shadows, any odd skin marks, spots or hair loss.
And the smile for the camera? reads this is how to be happy, this will eradicate all your problems, you just need to live a lifestyle like mine, you just need to look as close to I do as possible, then everyone will love you, will admire your clothes, will feel so jelous, you'll never feel iscolated again.
Its just a shame that many people don;t see the myth 'till its too late, and the rest stay chasing the dream for the rest of their lives.
I have lost several friends to anorexia and bulimia. On my first week in hospital, a message cam back fo a girl who had gotten to her maintainance weight. It was not enough, her heart was still too weak.She had died about a month after leaving hospital. Another friend whom I was very sorry to lose, died at the age of 28. The list goes on, I wont name everyone on here, theres not the time or space.
I don't want to make out that the magazines are the entire reason why eating disorders develop, but when your feeling really low and have no way to get help, feel unsupported or just don't have the ability to trust those around you for whatever reason, a magazine image directed to be imitated (come off it, which are not!) can be an extremely seductive ideal to fall in to.
I think it is awesome that she did this, but I believe that her reasons were not solely around bringing attention to how "pressure is placed on women to be perfect". How many clicks did that photo get or how many magazines were sold because her 'before' pic was in it? I feel that it was a win-win for all: more mags were sold, Candies Brand will now be looked at with more respect by the market they're targeting (which I believe here is not just teen girls, but their moms as well seeing as they're most likely the ones to be buying the items), and Britney gets to look like such a wonderful, respectable, pure-intended celebrity.
I think girls do need to see that the idea of perfection is, in reality, impossible to achieve and shouldn't be set as the expectation. As far as airbrushing in the industry, well, I can't knock it. Our modern times are not the only times where exaggerations of one form or another have been used to "enhance" female beauty. So, this is just our era's way, along with plastic surgery, of repeating history.
I think girls do need to see that the idea of perfection is, in reality, impossible to achieve and shouldn't be set as the expectation. As far as airbrushing in the industry, well, I can't knock it. Our modern times are not the only times where exaggerations of one form or another have been used to "enhance" female beauty. So, this is just our era's way, along with plastic surgery, of repeating history.
Jae0
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The media is bad, but I think a lot of parents forget to pay attention to the message they themselves send to their kids.
I cant tell you how many times my friends daughters have been in the same room, and i've heard a friend say "I'm so ugly today, i'm so fat today, look at how fat my arms are, my butt is getting so fat, my hair looks horrible today, I wish I had a body like -insert celebrity- ." and all sorts of other negative things. With their children listening!
Children take a lot of direction from us when we dont realize it, they see how we behave and think they should do the same. So of course its not surprising when later on I hear these same little girls complain about their own bodies or I see them refusing to eat enough food because they dont want to get fat. In 1st grade!
Men and Little boys arent immune to it either. I see little boys watching these 'wrestlers' and UFC fighters (I do love me the UFC fighters though), idolizing them, seeing their fathers idolizing them and talking about how they wished they were that ripped and that big.
Having a 4 year old daughter, i've had to watch what I say constantly. Sometimes I still slip but i'm trying to set a good example. With a world that seems bent on making everyone feel inferior, we're sometimes the only defense our kids have.
Watching how we talk about ourselves outloud isnt just good for our children, its good for ourselves. We have to remind our children that just like cartoons, movies, and tv shows, what they see in magazines isnt real, its just pretend.
I cant tell you how many times my friends daughters have been in the same room, and i've heard a friend say "I'm so ugly today, i'm so fat today, look at how fat my arms are, my butt is getting so fat, my hair looks horrible today, I wish I had a body like -insert celebrity- ." and all sorts of other negative things. With their children listening!
Children take a lot of direction from us when we dont realize it, they see how we behave and think they should do the same. So of course its not surprising when later on I hear these same little girls complain about their own bodies or I see them refusing to eat enough food because they dont want to get fat. In 1st grade!
Men and Little boys arent immune to it either. I see little boys watching these 'wrestlers' and UFC fighters (I do love me the UFC fighters though), idolizing them, seeing their fathers idolizing them and talking about how they wished they were that ripped and that big.
Having a 4 year old daughter, i've had to watch what I say constantly. Sometimes I still slip but i'm trying to set a good example. With a world that seems bent on making everyone feel inferior, we're sometimes the only defense our kids have.
Watching how we talk about ourselves outloud isnt just good for our children, its good for ourselves. We have to remind our children that just like cartoons, movies, and tv shows, what they see in magazines isnt real, its just pretend.
ChefChiTown
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Britney Spears has been a terrible role model for young, impressionable females for yeeeeears, but NOW she wants to act as if she cares about sending girls the proper message of body image? HAHAHAHA, no...I don't think so.
It's called marketing and, in this case, it's working.
She doesn't give a shit about other women and their body image - she cares about the money she made while pretending to give a shit about other women and their body image. Candies doesn't care about the body image of women either - they care about selling shoes. And, that's exactly what they're doing.
We shouldn't be applauding Britney Spears and her "heroics" - we should be applauding the marketing team at Candies for their ingenious marketing tactics. Bravo, Candies...job well done.
It's called marketing and, in this case, it's working.
She doesn't give a shit about other women and their body image - she cares about the money she made while pretending to give a shit about other women and their body image. Candies doesn't care about the body image of women either - they care about selling shoes. And, that's exactly what they're doing.
We shouldn't be applauding Britney Spears and her "heroics" - we should be applauding the marketing team at Candies for their ingenious marketing tactics. Bravo, Candies...job well done.
dietdan
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Just seen all these photos and article in my wife's Heat magazine - you are totally right ChefChiTown - I hadn't thought of it that way.
San2
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Don't care if it is marketing or not, I'd rather see her 'pretend' to be a good role model than not to be one at all.
Plus, what do you expect? She's not out there to be a role model. She's out there to make money. And she's doing that pretty well.
Why would she give a shit about anybody else? It's not as if anybody else is giving a shit about how she's doing either.
If people choose to pick some random celebrity and try to be 'just like them', then I see the problem with their upbringing, their social surroundings and their self image. Somebody made a mistake along the way, but certainly not Britney, or Christina, or whatever all those other girls are called. They never *wanted* to be role models, so stop blaming them for not being good ones.
Leave them alone.
Plus, what do you expect? She's not out there to be a role model. She's out there to make money. And she's doing that pretty well.
Why would she give a shit about anybody else? It's not as if anybody else is giving a shit about how she's doing either.
If people choose to pick some random celebrity and try to be 'just like them', then I see the problem with their upbringing, their social surroundings and their self image. Somebody made a mistake along the way, but certainly not Britney, or Christina, or whatever all those other girls are called. They never *wanted* to be role models, so stop blaming them for not being good ones.
Leave them alone.
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ChefChiTown
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Nobody forced Britney or Christina to do what they did. Were they influenced into making certain career decisions? Yes. But, they still were never forced to do anything. They wanted to be pop stars and that's exactly what the record companies made them. Like it or not, people in that position are role models...and they know it. Just like actors, actresses, musicians, politicians, etc. They may not enjoy the responsibility of being a role model, but guess what? That's exactly what they are.