Photoshop. A programme capable of altering the images in our world, and our perceptions of them. Though inanimate, it has the ability to shape our values; causes us to conform to a society that desires to be genetically flawless. You may not realise it, or maybe you do, but the probability of Photoshop affecting the way you look at yourself is more than likely.
You’re reading a magazine, and suddenly, you flip to a page of a model who is seemingly perfect. You sit there, and you stare at that page, analysing each crevice of her body, and then yours. You visualise yourself in that bikini that she looks so stunning in, and then you immediately flip to the next page, because you didn’t like what you envisaged, you didn’t like the way you looked, because you didn’t look like her. Well, the truth is, she doesn’t look like the her in that image either; but you don’t know that, no one tells you, so how do you differentiate the fake from the real? …show more content…
Kausman emphasises that, “my body is a size 8, not a size 4, that’s my body! I refuse to stand by and allow ANY company or person to perpetuate the belief that thinner is better” (Kausman, 2014).
I know what you’re thinking, a size 8? That’s tiny, what does she mean? I agree, however, the media and fashion industry seem to think otherwise, with Australia recently releasing size 4s in stores, because apparently, a size 6 is not thin enough; and the most absurd aspect to this introduction? A women’s size 4, is equivalent to that of a size 10 in children’s clothing. So by photoshopping images of women to resemble a figure of a size 10 child, is the media ultimately calling children who are size 10 or above obese? Fat?
You’re reading a magazine, and suddenly, you flip to a page of a model who is seemingly perfect. You sit there, and you stare at that page, analysing each crevice of her body, and then yours. You visualise yourself in that bikini that she looks so stunning in, and then you immediately flip to the next page, because you didn’t like what you envisaged, you didn’t like the way you looked, because you didn’t look like her. Well, the truth is, she doesn’t look like the her in that image either; but you don’t know that, no one tells you, so how do you differentiate the fake from the real? …show more content…
Kausman emphasises that, “my body is a size 8, not a size 4, that’s my body! I refuse to stand by and allow ANY company or person to perpetuate the belief that thinner is better” (Kausman, 2014).
I know what you’re thinking, a size 8? That’s tiny, what does she mean? I agree, however, the media and fashion industry seem to think otherwise, with Australia recently releasing size 4s in stores, because apparently, a size 6 is not thin enough; and the most absurd aspect to this introduction? A women’s size 4, is equivalent to that of a size 10 in children’s clothing. So by photoshopping images of women to resemble a figure of a size 10 child, is the media ultimately calling children who are size 10 or above obese? Fat?