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Would You Buy Airbrushing For Your Child's Yearbook Photo?
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Would You Want Your School to Photoshop Your Child's School Pic?

It's school picture day, and you've brushed and adjusted and ironed your tot into the picture of well-behaved, clean-faced childhood.
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It's school picture day, and you've brushed and adjusted and ironed your tot into the picture of well-behaved, clean-faced childhood. But when the picture comes back it's not quite what you expected!

Between playground boo-boos and stray hairs, your lil one's photos have them looking every bit the mischief! But what if you could pay a few extra dollars to remove minor imperfections on your child's school picture? Schools in Australia are offering parents just that. For about $15, a company will airbrush a child's photo so they can look their very best — meaning no more acne for the older ones!

Everyone wants to look their best in photos, but critics say this service is another way society forces children to try and be perfect. What do you think? Would you buy an airbrushing service for your child's school picture?

Source: Flickr User shakestercody

Warnings on Airbrushed Pictures
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Should There Be Warnings on Airbrushed Images?

If British equities minister Lynne Featherstone had her way, there would be warnings on airbrushed images telling viewers bodies aren't realistic.
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If British equities minister Lynne Featherstone had her way, there would be warnings on airbrushed images telling viewers bodies aren't realistic. It's not the first time a government's tried to stop Photoshop, but young women have become so savvy at discerning doctored photos that it might not even be necessary.

Good Surgeon Guide, a cosmetic surgery site, asked 1,078 teenage girls about airbrushing photos in fashion magazines. The vast majority was aware it happens, and about half could tell when photos of Fergie, Jessica Simpson, and Sarah Jessica Parker had undergone the mouse.

Meanwhile, nine out of 10 girls said photos of celebrities aren't realistic or achievable — maybe we've already talked it into mainstream knowledge? Or do we need viewer beware labels to make it crystal clear?

Katie Couric Interviews Ellen DeGeneres on Body Image
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Love Every Inch of What You've Got!

I love, love Ellen DeGeneres.
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I love, love Ellen DeGeneres. She's incredibly funny, so inspiring, and her positivity is infectious. I also love that Ellen is a CoverGirl spokeswoman. Her unconventional look (and let's be real — age) are not typically what you see splashed up on a billboard, which is refreshing.

In a recent interview Ellen had with Katie Couric, I fell in love with her a little bit more. She talked about her reasons for going vegan and wanting to feel connected to the food she eats. She also spent a long time talking about the pressure women have on them to be a size zero.

"We put the wrong emphasis on what beauty is and what health is. Health is being vibrant and having energy and being happy. If you're healthy, it's got nothing to do with how much you weigh."

To see what Ellen thinks about airbrushing, read more

Europe Wants to Ban Airbrushing in Fashion Photography 2009-12-22 10:04:52
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Europe Fights to Ban Fashion Airbrushing

Europeans are taking a major stand against airbrushing in fashion photography.
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Europeans are taking a major stand against airbrushing in fashion photography. Following a proposed law that would require all retouched photos be labeled, Europeans are now demanding a ban on all ads featuring digitally altered models targeting girls under 16 years old.

This follows a report that found "a correlation between unhealthy behavior in adolescents who are exposed to images of skinny, airbrushed models."

“The weight of the evidence . . . shows that thin, ‘perfected’ media images have a detrimental effect on how girls and women think and feel about their own bodies," said Dr. Helga Dittmar of the University of Sussex, one of the authors of the report.

Interesting; do you think the US should take a stand on airbrushed photography, too?

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Fab Flash: British Fashion Council Takes Closer Look at Airbrushing
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Fab Flash: British Fashion Council Takes Closer Look at Airbrushing

In the wake of the British Fashion Council's Model Health Inquiry, which resulted in models under 16 being banned from the London catwalks, the airbrushed pages of magazines are now coming into question.
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In the wake of the British Fashion Council's Model Health Inquiry, which resulted in models under 16 being banned from the London catwalks, the airbrushed pages of magazines are now coming into question.

The British Fashion Council (BFC) wrote to the UK's Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) in December to suggest "a voluntary code covering the use of digital manipulation [in photography]." A BFC spokeswoman said that rather than limiting magazine's use of airbrushing, they would like to see a warning that the image had been altered instead. The PPA yesterday agreed to discuss the matter with British magazine editors.

Do you think it would be productive to have a surgeon general-type warning on airbrushed images? I'd be interested to see what unairbrushed images actually look like. Would you?

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