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more about #self 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 » la.donna.pietra: One good thing about that Faith Hill picture: it brought me here to Jezebel. more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: I think Mr. Magoo must be Redbook's photoshopper. more » snugbug: This is one of those times when I regret not having saved my desktop content from previous jobs.. I worked for a celeb lifestyle mag where Rosario Daw... more » BuffySummers: I truly don't understand how that Ralph Lauren ad was ever approved. She looks like one of those creepy Steve Madden (or was it Skechers?) girls from ... more » vivianthelibrarian: I still cannot believe that photo of Filippa Hamilton ever made it to press. Anyone gifted with the ability to see can tell that shot is ridiculous. T... 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 » -
#maghag
Readers Not That Into Self's Pseudo-Kelly Clarkson
Self readers voted with their wallets on the notoriously Photoshopped Kelly Clarkson cover story: so far, it's the worst-selling issue of the year. Kelly's usually a crowd pleaser — so what changed? I have a theory.
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#viciouscycle
Conde Cutbacks Force Self Editor To Exercise
Due to budget cuts, Photoshop-defending Self editor Lucy Danziger is now biking to work — in Tory Burch. Expect new features on using unsold magazines as free weights, and how laying off employees is great for the glutes. [NYT] -
#maghag
Self Editor: Photoshopped Mags Just Giving Women What They Want
Self editor Lucy Danziger (pictured) is still making excuses for Photoshopping pop-star Kelly Clarkson. The latest: digital manipulation is simply what readers want!
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#mothermayi
Mothers And Daughters And Weight, Oh My
Writes René L. Todd in Self, "I've always taken a certain comfort in having a mom who is not thin. Unlike my friend Kelly and her tiny-skinny mother...my mom and I were never in competition with each other." Until! More » -
#photoshopofhorrors
Self Editor Says Photoshopped Covers Capture "Essence Of You At Your Best"
In appearances on the Today Show and Good Morning America, SELF editor Lucy Danziger revealed that she's totally unrepentant about Photoshopping her magazine's Kelly Clarkson cover, and about convincing readers that looking your "personal best" means looking like someone else.
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#photoshopofhorrors
Self Editors Explain Covers Aren't Supposed To Look Realistic
Two Self editors have announced their magazine was right to give Kelly Clarkson a slimmer body on their September issue, explaining that covers shouldn't reflect reality, but "inspire women to want to be their best". Unbelievable.
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#photoshopofhorrors
Kelly Clarkson Slimmed Down On Self Via Photoshop
Kelly Clarkson put on a little weight in the past year — but you wouldn't know it from the September cover of Self, which the editors admit was Photoshopped.
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#dirtbag
Rihanna's Good News/Bad News
- Rihanna's maybe moving on! But: She was seen getting cozy with Wilmer Valderrama. Isn't that dude bad news bears? He's been linked to Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Ashlee Simpson, Mandy Moore… [Mirror]
