shojosama, Amilova community member

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13Jun2013

shojosama says on Tumblr

“Why do we continue to believe things we see in magazines?” | Sorry guys, at it again. But i thought you should all be reminded to double check how you’re think about girls in magazines and ad campaigns. I’m 15 and edited this woman (who looked beautiful to begin with) to make her more ‘model-esque’ and ‘media-friendly’.

I’m not saying that all girls/guys in magazines don’t look as skinny or as toned as they’re printed, because some do! I just want everyone to realise that they’re beautiful (girls AND GUYS!) and that you shouldn’t let the media trick you into thinking you should look a certain way, because they can manipulate photos (see above) to fit what THEY want to market - Irrespective of the model!

You can be short, tall, skinny, curvy, have a thigh gap, no thigh gap, big boobs, little boobs, in between boobs, dark skin, light skin, long hair, short hair, big muscles, small muscles, soft and cuddly, firm as a brick or delicate like a feather! It. Is. Perfect.

Don’t let bitches like the media force you into believing things, because most of the time, it’s not even real.

From takegreat - Original post

13Jun2013

shojosama says on Tumblr

b-phit:

despierta-corazon-dormido:

gabriella-luisa:

b-phit:

b-phit:

I cannot begin to tell you how important this message is to get across. Now more than ever we are seeing girls -and now even boys- hating the way they look at younger and younger ages. Of course, as we all already know… one of the biggest contributors to our diminishing self love is the media (surprise, surprise). We are bombarded by thousands of advertisements every single day regarding improvements in the way we look. This only makes us feel even more inadequate when all the gimmicks and products don’t give us the results we were SHOWN. The absolute biggest problem with people feeling like shit about themselves nowadays is NOT because of how frequently we see these ads, or how many products are on the market; its the WAY we are lead to believe a false reality because it truly LOOKS attainable.

This photo shows this. I’m 15 and i muck about with photoshop in my spare time, and i managed to make a natural-looking curvy girl look like a ‘perfect’, ‘sexy’ hourglass with smooth skin and a tiny waist in under 30 minutes. Yes, if you saw that in a magazine you’d know straight away that it was ‘edited’ but, would you immediately think the reality was THAT FAR OFF? I sure wouldn’t. Professional image editors have years of experience and get to sit at the editing desk for hours and even days on end with a single picture.

The photo above was from a ‘curvy kate’ photo shoot - and there would’ve been just as much professional lighting and makeup going on as any other high fashion shoot. The only difference? When it goes back to the editing room, the girls are most likely lightly airbrushed but not significantly altered in any way. You can see the lumps and bumps and curves that 95% of the female population have.

Even though the lingerie may have been more marketable on a stick with huge boobs, your target audience are not sticks with huge boobs. A product will always be more satisfying and pleasing to people when they don’t have to compete with -an edited- Miranda Kerr in the size 4 dress that they’re trying on in a size 12.

So, Ask yourself next time you feel down about someone/something you saw on tv or in a magazine ‘is this real or are they only trying to sell me something?’

such an important message, i couldn’t have said it better myself.

I think someone is jealous of the “sticks with huge boobs.”

You completely missed the point gabriella-luisa.

oh god, really? that’s the ONLY thing you took from that? Shame