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more about #newsweek more comments → foodandshoes: I'm surprised that you didn't include the Kate Winslet one where she's nude and photoshopped, but standing in front of a mirror where her reflection s... more » Abigail Kunitz: fyi, just got this alert e-mail from NOW NYC: Get Your Photoshop Off My Body! NOW-NYC Protests Ralph Lauren's Unrealistic Beauty Standards Sunday, D... more » kristenvsmothra: have you ever seen an episode of south park where they animate a celebrity but use a real photo of their head? check out that jennifer aniston cover ... more » anastasia beaverhousen: About that Jessica Alba photo: In the retouched, looking at it more closely, I don't think that's her body: look at the knees, they are completely dif... more » bovary: If this is the amount of photoshopping deemed appropriate, then the retouchers might as well just go balls to the wall for these magazines. Why not gi... more » gold_gato: the Ralph Lauren one makes me laugh every time because it is so, so, so ridiculous to turn a model into Gumby more » hfree: The t-shirt in the Jennifer Aniston Redbook cover looks like it came from clip art. I hate when they just change the color of tops without changing t... more » lavenderstain: "It is meant to make women inspire to look their best" If best is photoshopped arms and legs, then I beg you SELF, do tell me where to buy a photosho... more » downwithdebbie: Sad fact: I was caught walking my puppy by Good Morning America camera crew asking women questions about Kiera's movie posters. I talked and talked an... more » berlitzfrench: Photoshop, Photoshop of horrors. Photoshop, Photoshop of terror. Call a cop. Photoshop of horrors. No, oh, oh, no-oh! Photoshop, Photoshop of horrors... more » highjump: The Beyonce cover shocks me becaue Russia is a pretty racist country. If was walking around St. Petersburg with other American students who happened ... more » beth.hammarlund: There's a fine line with retouching. I work on a lot of photoshoots, and when it comes to the finished product, if a hair is out of place or our model... more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I'm sorry, I'm too busy laughing at the headline on Kelly Clarkson's Self cover: "Sexier Sex Tonight!" What makes sex sexier? More sex! And Photosh... more » pearlsdream: *note: After that King Arthur poster and another chest enhancing (Chanel) ad, Keira Knightley was upset and refused any cleavage alterations or body ... more » KaneBaker: Nothing disturbs me like the Ralph Lauren image, I thought it was a sick joke some kid did. And I do this for a living. My instructions tend to arrive... more » -
#imageconscious
Photoshop Of Horrors Hall Of Shame, 2000-2009
Slimmed thighs, whittled waists, smoothed skin: Digitally altered women were de rigueur in the 00s. There were many, many Photoshop Of Horrors images to choose from, but these are the 15 most egregious examples of image retouching in this decade. More » -
#popquiz
Knowledge Is Power
So, there's this Newsweek quiz about Sarah Palin. (Slow news day + no staff + food hangover = Sarah Palin quiz.) I got 58% correct...and I'm not sure whether that's a good or bad thing. [Newsweek] -
#sexandtheshitty
Newsweek Too Hot For National Review Writer
Sarah Palin's not the only one pissed off about her Newsweek cover — the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez isn't pleased either. But she says that leggy shot is "tame" compared with the fleshpot that is Newsweek's website. More » -
#leftovers
Dugard Family Responds To Film Proposal • Runners World Didn't OK Use Of Palin Picture
• A spokeswoman says Jaycee Dugard and her family will decide when and if a film will be made about her story. She calls Shane Ryan's proposed film Abducted Girl, An American Sex Slave, "exploitative, hurtful, and breathtakingly unkind." • More » -
#gonerogue
Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
Sarah Palin is drumming up controversy like it's her job. Which, right now, it is. As Newsweek defends itself against charges that its cover of her is sexist, Washington insiders are arguing over how seriously to take her political future.
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#gonerogue
Newsweek Editor: Palin Cover Applied A "Gender-Neutral Standard"
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is defending his magazine's decision to put a running shorts-clad photo of Sarah Palin on the cover. Relatedly, Andrea Mitchell is mildly embarrassed that she only has older white men to ask about this stuff. More » -
#roguerules
Sarah Palin Gets Her Criticism Of Newsweek Cover Right
Sarah Palin is calling the latest Newsweek cover — taken from an August Runner's World shoot she did — "sexist and oh-so-expected by now," adding, "the media will do anything to draw attention." She's right. More » -
#happytobenappy
An Open Appeal To The Jolie-Pitt Hair Police
I've been a fan of Allison Samuels' work for some time. But I cannot get behind her strange, continued appeals to actress Angelina Jolie about her adopted daughter Zahara's hair. She is, quite simply, missing the point.
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#healthnuts
Are We Ready To Confront The Boogeyman of Socialized Medicine?
Ever since the townhall hollering sessions, the idea of socialized medicine has been lobbed at politicians as a way to reframe the health care discussion. In Newsweek, a writer opines on why a socialized of view medicine benefited her. More » -
#dirtbag
Angelina Is All-Powerful; Clooney's Getting Served; Ricci's Romance Over?
- Contrary to a report in the National Enquirer, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not splitting up. In fact, they're in love. Imagine that! [Us Magazine]
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#psychobabble
Newsweek "Explains" Why Women Stand By Their Men
In an article inspired by Megan McAllister, fiancee of the accused "Craigslist Killer," Newsweek lists the psychological reasons at work when "a woman makes the seemingly irrational decision to stand by her man." More » -
#readallaboutit
Is The End Near For Magazines?
The news on magazines is grim today, as steadily declining newsstand sales are now dropping even faster, and for the first time the number of magazines folding is higher than the number of new titles. More » -
#infashion
Fashion Writers: "Fat" People Lazy, Shiftless, Poorly Dressed
Newsweek’s Sameer Reddy is railing against elasticized waistbands, chubbiness, Velcro, Juicy Couture, jean shorts, and the value of comfort in dressing. Does he hate puppies, too?
