Wednesday, May 19, 2010
More backlash against airbrushing
Newsweek recently published an article concerning the airbrushing of models and celebrities. According to the article, France is considering a bill that would prohibit "from pro-anorexia Web sites to advertisers to editors, to publicly incite "excessive thinness" or extreme dieting." I was shocked to read about this and how the current policy on photo-shopping was being threatened. The video that goes along with this website was also very interesting. Would you want to be photo-shopped if you appeared in a magazine? Do you think this type of censorship is called for? Do you think it's too harsh? Do you think it's the government's job to monitor magazines and the internet, or do you think it's the industry's job to monitor itself?
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as much as i'm against airbrushing and the whole culture of "super-skinniness," i think it's not necessarily the best idea to bring criminal action towards those who promote a skinny lifestyle. yes, it can be very destructive, but i don't think the people who are airbrushing models are doing it with the intent of causing other women to become ridiculously skinny. it's dangerous to have such unrealistic depictions of the female body in our culture, but as far as i'm concerned, nothing illegal is happening.
ReplyDeleteif i can make an analogy here... fast food restaurants might cause people to become overweight, but that's not the intent of the restaurant. i don't think fashion magazines, etc. are produced with the intent of women forcing themselves to be skinny... or maybe they are... anyone else want to weigh in on this?