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Bringing Sexy Back? How About Just Reality?

Beyond blemishes, glossies have retouched the truth out entirely

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted May 23, 2008 3:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – Tired of seeing the truth airbrushed and Photoshopped entirely out of Vogue and its glossy rack-mates, Mark Morford, in the San Francisco Chronicle, ruminates on his ideal reality-based publication. His mag—Truth Hurts or My Eyes, My Eyes!—will feature "wrinkles and scars and flab and sag, stretch marks and cigarette burns and age spots and syringe holes and … asymmetry galore."

“Simply put, there is nothing Photoshop can't do … If you are the slightest bit attuned to it, it becomes truly fantastical. And also, well, a bit of a joke,” he writes. “Just how low does the average male (or female) IQ have to be to believe this silly lie? Who, really, finds this sexy?”

In this image released by Vogue, actress Sarah Jessica Parker from the film, Sex and the City is shown on the June issue of Vogue magazine.
In this image released by Vogue, actress Sarah Jessica Parker from the film, "Sex and the City" is shown on the June issue of Vogue magazine.   (AP Photo/Vogue)
This photo shows a Neutrogena healthy skin advertisement.
This photo shows a Neutrogena healthy skin advertisement.   (AP Photo)
This photo provided by New York magazine features Lindsay Lohan posing as Marilyn Monroe on the cover of the magazine's Feb. 25, 2008 issue.
This photo provided by New York magazine features Lindsay Lohan posing as Marilyn Monroe on the cover of the magazine's Feb. 25, 2008 issue.   (AP Photo/New York, Bert Stern)
In this image released by People, Matt Damon is shown on the cover of the latest issue of People magazine where he is named this year's sexiest man alive.
In this image released by People, Matt Damon is shown on the cover of the latest issue of People magazine where he is named "this year's "sexiest man alive."   (AP Photo/People)
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This "Makeover of a Fat Woman" clip shows just how much Photoshop can distort a picture.   (ballerino87)

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