"...since a recent study found that overweight women feel worse about themselves after looking a photos of models, whether the models were skinny or not."
God that just makes me really sad. Everywhere we look, it's "my hair can't do that," or "my arms don't look like that," or "that dress won't look like that on me." So terrible that we compare ourselves to exhaustion like this. #photoshopban
Anything that brings awareness to the intense pressure put on teenage girls (and boys) to look a certain way is a great thing. It is a huge step in the right direction. It's not really even about the labels, although that's a start. It is huge that lawmakers are talking about this, at least in my opinion. #photoshopban
Interesting article, Margaret! It's something to think about. I know if I was a celebrity who posed often for photos, I would have my agent draw up contracts in which Photoshopping, and the amount done to my image, was clearly stipulated, plus I would have some creative control over the final product.
Of course, A-level stars have that kind of leverage, whereas the model from the ad illustrating the article was simply trying to make a living, and she did not have the same amount of clout at the time her photos were taken. Although I really applauded her decision to speak out publicly on the talk show circuit after being fired. That takes guts. #photoshopban
I still think there should be a "retoucher" credit on images that have been retouched. They list the photographer, the stylist, the designers, the makeup/hair people. Why not the retoucher? He or she had just as much to do with that image as any of those people. #photoshopban
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I agree.
Although, I have to say I find it somewhat ---fatuous of the Daily Fail to put the blame for girls' self-loathing on Photoshop retouchers, considering all they've done to further that end. #photoshopban
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I think so, too. I mean, when we credit people for comics, we list everyone involved - pencils, inks, tones, color, digital enhancement, text, etc. A retoucher does a lot of work on an image and should receive credit for his or her work. #photoshopban
My son has a noticable surgical scar, and I would be livid if they airbrushed it away. It is part of his story, and part of his beautiful smile. He is not embarrassed about his face, and he doesn't need some stupid adult to make him that way. #toddlerphotoretouching
Wow.
I can't believe Elizabeth Lambert wasn't thrown off the field and out of the game sooner. Not necessarily for What she did, but for the officiating that must have turned huge blind eyes to the game at hand to miss such blatant fouls.
Players talk, ESPECIALLY women. And as a referee, you can tell the exaggerations from the truth. So what happened here?!?
Alright, I admit, at first I was scared the world was headed on a terror against girls who play hard. But that girl did Not head out on to the pitch against BYU without some prior hair-pulling, come-from-behind-tackling and cleating experience. Lambert knew exactly what she was doing, and she's only apologetic she got caught.
All she did was retaliate, and, sure, it was a little more than what the opponent dished out, but that's what retaliation's all about. Lambert was continually trying to get the upper hand, or even force her opponent into exacting her own vengeance, then get caught by the ref. Instead, she got caught. It's a risk you take, and it sucks for her.
So I suppose I'm actually a little sad for her that she got suspended, because those BYU girls weren't saints either, but how many of them will be suspended for their own unsporting behavior? #forthoodmassacre
Ugh. The Fort Hood story punches me in the heart again. I'm really depressed about the lack of comprehensive and sustained psychiatric care for vets, and if this does indeed turn out to be PTSD related, I will fucking punch a wall.
If the Military Industrial Complex is such a dominant force in this country, why does it care so little for the human beings that carry out it's missions? #forthoodmassacre
They have the video of Elizabeth Lambert on Deadspin. She does go way too far in retaliation of some chippy stuff, but I don't think she should have been suspended for more than one game at the most. When a football player gets one game for trying to gouge out an opponents eyes, pulling someone to the ground by her pony tail doesn't seem to rate indefinite suspension. #forthoodmassacre
@token_illiterate_commenter: As a person who worked for a D1 women's soccer team she shouldn't have been suspended but kicked off.
The hair pulling down to the ground? No excuse. It's not a play for the ball. It's the equivalent of cold-cocking someone which DID happen in Oregon and guess what? Suspended for the whole season.
It was absolutely unacceptable.
ETA: The Oregon situation I'm reference refers to the football team incident that began at the beginning of the season.
@dangerslut: I think the Oregon dude is going to come back, actually. Not that it probably matters much at this point in the season, but that's the talk I've heard. #forthoodmassacre
@dangerslut: As a person who played and still plays soccer now in rec leagues, I completely agree with you. That hair pull to the ground was completely absurd and the montage of her plays, including a punch to a girl's face when going up for a ball (completely on purpose not in the fight for the ball), and perhaps the most illegal from behind slide tackle I have ever seen are all more than enough for me to support the decision to suspend her. #forthoodmassacre
@J.D.Regent: Probably the boss. They probably thought it was a good way to ease into the transition without bothering anyone's "delicate sensibilities." Yeah, it failed. #forthoodmassacre
@tiredfairy: oh for sure. to me it shows just what a hostile environment it was that that is the way they were conceptualizing her transition. like a fucking costume. #forthoodmassacre
@curiousgeorgiana: To be fair, my very good friend came home one night and the conversation went something like this:
Her: I just bought a car!
Roomies (incl me): What kind?
Her: A red one!
(It was a Scion and her decision was affected by reliability, price, fuel efficiency and other reasonable considerations. But it was still funny.) #forthoodmassacre
@heavymetalkarma: Yeah, color is obviously a factor for most, including men. Like you said though--it's not the reason you buy the car. #forthoodmassacre
@curiousgeorgiana: Color was an important factor when I recently bought a car, but that's because I live in the desert and know from experience that I can literally fry an egg on the hood of a black car in August. White is the way to go for (slightly) reduced air conditioning.
Mr. Pietra wanted a black car. He hasn't lived in the desert before. I won. #forthoodmassacre
@curiousgeorgiana: When my boyfriend was looking for a used car, color was one of the factors he judged the car on right away. He still thinks red cars get pulled over more often (not true -- check Snopes). #forthoodmassacre
@curiousgeorgiana: What crackheaded study says that women think color is most important? When I bought my car, I had my priorities straight... I went for the one that looked most like a happy face.
(Seriously, though? In my experience it's usually men who are more interested in how cool the car looks than in fuel efficiency and reliability.) #forthoodmassacre
@curiousgeorgiana: That's ridiculous. We don't care what color a car is; we just care if it has a decent mirror on the visor so we can put on our makeup. #forthoodmassacre
@curiousgeorgiana: Ah you totally beat me to it! Of course I want a white car, I moved to California, and when I buy a car, it's going to be a fun white one dammit. And if someone asks me what kind of car I bought, sure I'll say, "a white Accord" or whatever. But many cars come in white! What, do they think I'll just go buy the first white car I see or something? Mercedes minivan, Kia Sorrento, won't matter to me as long as it's white... #forthoodmassacre
@heavymetalkarma: Eh. i'm anintelligent MA graduate, librarian and published writer, and I don't know from cars. All I care is that I can afford it and it's green. My computer, otoh, I have a list and it's all numbrs and that Best Buy employee can STFU with his oversell. #forthoodmassacre
@LBB: Ykno, i think the happy face thing is valid. I think the angry face cars are agressive looking and more likely to get cut off and such from other drivers. I hate angry face cars, you may not merge in my lane!! #forthoodmassacre
@GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): Fwiw, white means cheap. All cars start out white, you have to pay more to get it in a color. That's why white is the most common color on the road. #forthoodmassacre
@BytheSea: Hmm, I never knew that! I'm from Buffalo, so we usually just get cars in whatever color will be less inclined to look dirty in the winter, usually silver or light gray. White is actually a fairly rare color in Buffalo, so maybe this is why I associate it with fun and sunshine and California. If getting white meant saving money, that would be very exciting. Perhaps if I wanted a less common color, I'd think it were more of an issue...probably not though. #forthoodmassacre
I thought it was recommended that children be breast fed for two years? Wouldn't a study comparing the recommended amount of time to 3 months or 6 months be more relevant? #forthoodmassacre
@NellMood: Yes, from what I have read it is already known you have to breastfeed a baby longterm (like 2 years) for it to make a difference to the baby (and the mom health-wise) in the long run. #forthoodmassacre
@NellMood: The AAP recommends breastfeeding for 6 months. I don't know of any authoritative medical body that recommends two full years. #forthoodmassacre
@lizdexia: The World Health Organization does. I'm not talking about exclusively breastfeeding- I mean introducing solids and continuing breastfeeding as a supplement. The AAP recommends that breastfeeding continue up to a year... #forthoodmassacre
@NellMood: Okay, though after I wrote that I see that the study was looking at exclusively at the time before solids. Still, I'd be interested to know how both groups compare to children who were breast fed, as a supplement to food, for a longer period. #forthoodmassacre
When I had my senior pictures taken for high school graduation, the photographer retouched my photos and completely removed a prominent mole on my face. This was completely unacceptable, but my mother said nothing to the man because he was "doing me a favor." It was the oddest feeling - these photos were sent to my entire family, and I didn't think that I looked like me. I understand this father's anger and support it. There was no reason for this to happen to me, and there's definitely no reason for it to happen to a three year old. #toddlerphotoretouching
@miss_so_unknown: When we got my senior pictures, they had edited out the scar in the center of my forehead and the one near my mouth. I had never even noticed the one near my mouth until that very moment, when it wasn't there anymore. It was weird.
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God that just makes me really sad. Everywhere we look, it's "my hair can't do that," or "my arms don't look like that," or "that dress won't look like that on me." So terrible that we compare ourselves to exhaustion like this. #photoshopban
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ATTN: Thiz bish no iz real. Real ladiez headz no iz biggur than bodiez. #photoshopban
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Of course, A-level stars have that kind of leverage, whereas the model from the ad illustrating the article was simply trying to make a living, and she did not have the same amount of clout at the time her photos were taken. Although I really applauded her decision to speak out publicly on the talk show circuit after being fired. That takes guts. #photoshopban
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Although, I have to say I find it somewhat ---fatuous of the Daily Fail to put the blame for girls' self-loathing on Photoshop retouchers, considering all they've done to further that end. #photoshopban
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I can't believe Elizabeth Lambert wasn't thrown off the field and out of the game sooner. Not necessarily for What she did, but for the officiating that must have turned huge blind eyes to the game at hand to miss such blatant fouls.
Players talk, ESPECIALLY women. And as a referee, you can tell the exaggerations from the truth. So what happened here?!?
Alright, I admit, at first I was scared the world was headed on a terror against girls who play hard. But that girl did Not head out on to the pitch against BYU without some prior hair-pulling, come-from-behind-tackling and cleating experience. Lambert knew exactly what she was doing, and she's only apologetic she got caught.
All she did was retaliate, and, sure, it was a little more than what the opponent dished out, but that's what retaliation's all about. Lambert was continually trying to get the upper hand, or even force her opponent into exacting her own vengeance, then get caught by the ref. Instead, she got caught. It's a risk you take, and it sucks for her.
So I suppose I'm actually a little sad for her that she got suspended, because those BYU girls weren't saints either, but how many of them will be suspended for their own unsporting behavior? #forthoodmassacre
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If the Military Industrial Complex is such a dominant force in this country, why does it care so little for the human beings that carry out it's missions? #forthoodmassacre
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"Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers."
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The hair pulling down to the ground? No excuse. It's not a play for the ball. It's the equivalent of cold-cocking someone which DID happen in Oregon and guess what? Suspended for the whole season.
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ETA: The Oregon situation I'm reference refers to the football team incident that began at the beginning of the season.
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Her: I just bought a car!
Roomies (incl me): What kind?
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(It was a Scion and her decision was affected by reliability, price, fuel efficiency and other reasonable considerations. But it was still funny.) #forthoodmassacre
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(Seriously, though? In my experience it's usually men who are more interested in how cool the car looks than in fuel efficiency and reliability.) #forthoodmassacre
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