http://elitedaily.com/women/beauty/average-women-get-photoshopped-to-look-like-models-only-to-realize-they-dont-like-it-at-all/
Friday, March 21, 2014
The ideal just doesn't exist
It is natural for people to criticize themselves and it can better a person as far as wanting to be a better person in society or wanting to get healthier. However, the ideals that we place upon ourselves based off of the images of models that we see simply is not a real thing, and is an unfair bar to hold ourselves to. Similar to the "To Other women who were Ugly Once" article, the video here shows that women who used to dislike their imperfections and want to be "the ideal", realized that our imperfections are what make us "us". As Hernandez said, "So ultra bright would be their smile so lovely their complexion their confianza based on someone else's fashion and their mascara'd mascaras hiding the cascaras that hide their ser?". Models are dressed, posed, and have their makeup and hair done with no say in their appearance. After that their pictures are photoshopped to make them look even more "ideal". This video is so eye opening to how unreal the standard that so many of us hold us to now, and that if we ever reached that standard, we would be even more unhappy because we would all just be perfect. Imperfections make us who we are and we should embrace them as women.
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I feel as though this article puts into perspective how we view others and ourselves in society. We often learn to hate our flaws because they make us different, when different is something we should be proud of. With companies constantly pressuring us to behave and look a certain way its no wonder people have eating disorders and self-image problems. I feel as though articles like this are the first step in bringing awareness to our imperfections and celebrating them. Now a days when some one takes a photo they seem attempt to edit out their every flaw, whether it’s apps that whiten your teeth, add make up, or blur out certain areas we are constantly trying to change ourselves. So without knowing it we are tell ourselves that what we are isn’t good enough. Embracing who you are, I believe, can start with little steps such as thinking positive things about your self whether you do or do not have make up on, or whether you’re in a designer dress or old sweat pants. It our differences that make us, us.
ReplyDeleteThis video really puts into perspective how much people strive to be “perfect”. Media plays such a large role in setting unrealistic expectations for women, and even men. It’s not only makeup and cloths, but they go as far as reshaping peoples bodies to portray even more perfect images. Even though people know how much photoshop has taken effect in the media they still strive to look like these edited images. In reality everyone is so different that it almost doesn’t make sense to consider perfect one specific image. Flaws set people apart, and make them who they are. If people took as much time trying to embrace their differences as they do trying to hide them the pressure of looking one specific unrealistic way would be eliminated. It’s interesting how in this video the women noticed how the photoshopped images of them eliminated their true identities. They did not seem to like the altered images. It is refreshing to see a negative reaction to perfected, and touched up pictures.
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