Christ it's genuinely depressing the amount of comments that are along the lines of 'stop being offended by everything'. They completely miss the point. It's not about offense or feminism. It's about how lying to people, feeding them s**t and telling them it's gold, is not right.

After such an awesome, insightful comment I can truly, in good faith, say.. Release the Kraken!!

100% agree. I remember I once asked people to give feedback on my face and then photo-shopped myself based on what they said and my own criticisms. I was horrified by the monster I created that looked like me but wasn't me. It was a depressing moment on my mentality. Photo-shopping is so poisonous it's disturbing.

Thank you. Seeing magazine covers like this absolutely destroyed my self esteem growing up, and made me compare myself to something that was completely unrealistic and unattainable. It's tough to undo the damage of this even today, and I hate it. Imagine yearning for an ideal that literally doesn't exist? Deep down I know better, but I still think about botox and stuff, getting worse and worse as I age.

Sure, but I have problems with having to listen to celebrities. These are not people I admire or that have any position of authority on most subjects, especially ones that affect the general population. It is the same when out-of-touch politicians make laws for the common people when they don't understand the common people. Do her words have credence when she actively engages in the patriarchal weaponry she decries, she's wearing tons of make up and has to do so to be presentable on air - surely there are parallels between that and photoshop, in addition to lighting and colour tones - it's all designed to make the person look a lot better than they really do. I agree that the cosmetic/magazine industry exploits the insecurities of women, but would she be complaining if she weren't an attractive young woman. Also, why is she under the assumption that people aren't already aware that whatever high end photos presented to us aren't enhanced?

I think it's a little bit different though. Magazines are something so so many men, women, and children see. It's advertising an unrealistic standard. By not airbrushing photos, it's normalizing imperfection and really just normal bodies. Plastic surgery is more of a personal thing, in my opinion. And people get it for so many different reasons

I agree. Plus people with the same "flaws" will be led to believe that those features are ugly and should be changed. Aging is a natural process; why must it be hidden?