Thursday, June 28, 2012

Keep it Real, Get Rid of Fake!


     Being a female in this society comes with many struggles. I am a real supporter of the Keep it Real Challenge. I can only hope that magazines will agree to print one non photo shopped image each issue.  As a female, I have struggled with body image and self esteem issues for many years.  The magazines and billboards have not helped with my problems and I believe they have actually contributed to the issues. Girls everywhere are looking at these photos that are printed and trying to become that "perfect" girl. I don’t believe that there is such thing as complete perfection and that is exactly what magazines show in these photo shopped pictures. Photoshop is polluting the minds of girls into thinking that that kind of beauty is attainable.  But IT IS NOT!  That kind of perfection does not exist.  Everyone has flaws and things that they don’t like about their bodies. We need to promote embracing real beauty and not what is fake. Encourage girls to be proud of themselves and show pictures of real women so those girls can have real ideals about beauty.   Happiness and health is what should be shown, not fake and photo shopped images that the females of today try to live up to.

Written By: Chandra Mogan
Age: 23
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ChandraCMogan


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