Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
Bette Davis
I ran across this video while doing some serious academic reading on the Huffington Post (sarcasm intended!). I've been home bound as it's snowed here in RVA and school has been cancelled. This culture (and I am guilty of participating in it!) is too celebrity and model obsessed. While the fashion and marketing industry have always preyed on our fears to compel sales, the difference between 60 years ago and now, is the creeping of technological devices and advertising into every aspect of our lives. I love vintage ads, particularly those which reveal things about the role of a woman in a particular time era. I was looking at a post on vintage ads when I began thinking about how much times haven't changed. The delivery is different but the message is still the same--"you are not good enough without my product".
I discovered the following artist, Boggie whose video shows her own transformation via Photoshop. In the song, she says "I am not their product". I hope to see more and more artists speaking up against Photoshopping their images so that they are hardly recognizable. It is bad for all people. If people compare themselves to something that the artist isn't even, than what hope is there for a healthy body image? Boggie helps explore the media's distortion of beauty.
I discovered the following artist, Boggie whose video shows her own transformation via Photoshop. In the song, she says "I am not their product". I hope to see more and more artists speaking up against Photoshopping their images so that they are hardly recognizable. It is bad for all people. If people compare themselves to something that the artist isn't even, than what hope is there for a healthy body image? Boggie helps explore the media's distortion of beauty.
