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  • May 2008
    • Has Airbrushing Gone Too Far?

      Has Airbrushing Gone Too Far?

      (Newser) - Shutterbugs have long altered pics, but now critics are cringing over the effects of airbrushing on young girls. French lawmakers have even approved a law against inciting "excessive thinness." But would such a move work in America? Maybe not, "but there are a whole lot of impressionable young kids" who are tortured by images of slimmed-down and retouched women, Jessica Bennett writes in Newsweek . More »

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      women   photography   eating disorder   beauty   magazine industry   photo editing   altered photos   digital retouching

  • February 2008
    • 'Perfect' School Photos, But at What Cost?

      'Perfect' School Photos, But at What Cost?

      (Newser) - Popular and inexpensive digital retouching of school photos has some parents concerned about the effects on kids’ sense of body image, Newsweek reports. Clients for retouching services—powdering complexions, whitening teeth, reshaping eyebrows and so forth—are getting younger and younger, creating, one historian says, "a culture of kids who are being socialized to unrealistic images." More »

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      children   photography   body image   childhood   digital retouching

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