Friday, June 27, 2008

Wow. This article was extremely interesting. I had always known that magazine models were altered in that fashion, however I never realized that professional athletes' figures were 'enhanced' as well. Furthermore, it came as a surprise that the Dove commercials were being altered. I have a very mixed reaction to this article. On one side, I can appreciate Pascal Dangin's work and care to such minute detail. However, his vast distortions of reality, much of which is unknown to teenagers, has transformed what is now considered 'healthy'. I had always felt that the rise in eating disorders have been connected in some sense to magazines such as Vogue for displaying an 'attractive' minority of women. I had also always defended such magazines because their intentions are to sell products, and that these attractive women tend to have a greater influence on the marketability of the product. Now, I am mostly appalled, that the figures of these models are changed to such a great extent. Whereas previously I had thought that very minor touches were being made, now I realize that anything to the roundness of one's face is being changed by artists.

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