We find beauty in the simplest things. We see it in the night sky, the sparkling new layer of snow on the ground, and the clear streams we pass ever day on our way to school. We tend to think of the hard things to make beautiful. We look at our selves and try to change it. Looking through a new magazine only to see impossibly thin models and other various things to make you feel like you should have skipped lunch today. You become self conscious, and forget about the beauty you used to hold. You paste expensive makeup on your face, and buy “fashionable” clothing apparel to make your self more beautiful. Sadly, you instantly lose the beauty we are all born with. Yes, I do agree that you should look somewhat put together and have some nice clothes, but you should never lose yourself in the thought of becoming better looking. I think the world has gone crazy over beauty to the extremes. People are forcing themselves to throw up, and get crazy amounts of unneeded (and uncomfortable) clothing articles. We need to stop caring about what other people will say. You should be you, and nothing but your honest self. The world is constantly changing, and that’s perfectly fine with me, but I feel as though we will no longer have the look you should love. Yourself.
I found inspiration from this link: Airbrush. What would you do in this situation? Would it be okay with you, or would you be angry if they had your photos airbrushed?
By: Felicia TPLC
This is a very bad seen. You shouldn't just use technology to change how you or someone else looks. I mean maybe if you had just had stitches or something but it is a memory. A missing tooth you can go back and say "I pulled out that tooth the day before picture day". Without having that missing tooth it would just be another photo. I would be okay with airbrushing on me if it was something like a serious cut or like glasses flare but to edit someones smile or their hair to make them look better? That makes people feel low about themselves and when they look at it they say "If only I really looked like that". It doesn't help them it only puts them down.
ReplyDeleteI know, when you think of all of the people in the world with eating disorders it is so sad. You have no idea how they affect peoples life. People always say, oh I had one of those, that is probably not true because there are cases where you have to go to a clinic. Being away from your family, has so much affect on everyone. It has affect on the people who have it and are away from the family, and it affects the family. The thing is the person with the eating disorder can't see how the family feels because they have been attacked, and often this will cause people to throw up because when you look in the mirror you see something that no one else does, you see something gross, and you know that is not what you really look like but what your mind is making you look like. As on the other hand the family doesn't exactly see how the person with the eating disorder feels, they often feel like the person with the eating disorder doesn't love them, yet you know that they do love you however the eating disorder doesn't you think and say man if you love me just eat the stupid things, but they think it will make them unattractive, because they are not the person anymore, their brain has turned into eating disorder. Like one girl I know has an eating disorder and they went to get pizza for the family and the girl asks "Will the pizza grease go through the box and sink in my skin?" oh my goodness, you say and you roll your eyes. But to you it seems that simple to them, it seems like you are saying I dont love you. There are fights in your family that there was not as many before they went to the clinic. You are slowly growing apart from the person. All and all you never know why they can't brush their teeth or wash their hair or their body, to you it seems gross but they think that toothpaste, or soap, or shampoo will make them get bigger. The person is slowly changing into an eating disorder. I mean I am not against makeup I am mad at the people who use way too much, and I think that 2nd graders don't need it. You have to think like another person I mean,
ReplyDeleteWhat if you had an eating disorder what would you do?
I think it is okay because sometime kids might have food in there mouth our something and in that case I think it's fine. Then again when that happens with something normal like there eye (they don't like the color of there eye etc.) I think that it is just stupid because that is them. I think people should show people what they really are.
ReplyDeleteYeah...I am not into makeup anyway, duh...I'm a boy! But still! Changing your kids photos just because you don't like the way they are? WHAT!? Thats like freaking going up to your kid and saying "You look like a diseased elephant"!!!! That is moronic. And yeah. People should not be trying to change. Like if you have a crush on somebody, and you ask them out, and they say your ugly, don't go home and try on a bunch of new clothes and makeup. Just be yourself! Maybe there is more to you that looks!
ReplyDeleteI think people should not wear makeup they should show who they really are. And people should not wear dresses just to look very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a wake up call for people who starve themselves to look skinnier and get plastic surgery to make their face look prettier. I like this because you should like yourself for who you are.
ReplyDeleteI think that wearing stuff to show who you not really are is not a good thing. You should show who you are and maybe people will accept you for who you are or not. You also should be who you are and be proud of who you are. Life is more than just looks it is about who you are inside. Don't be afraid to show people who you really are.
ReplyDeleteThats so sad they do just to look nice and impress there friends!!!!!!!!!!! It's not the outside that counts it's the inside peeps. We are going to kill ourselves and starve to death if we don't stop it. Also if your friends with someone or knows someone it's really hard for them to watch this happen!!!! Since I had a friend who did this believe me when I say it's not only hard for the person doing this its hard for anyone who is there friend. If my pictures were air brushed I would be pretty angry because I would know that my mom or dad (if they did it) thought that I was ugly and thought I would look better with a air brush, I would be so so angry and sad.
ReplyDeleteReally I don't really have a problem about the way i look I never did. I wouldn't like my parents airbrushing me unless I sneezed or something like that then i would be fine. One of the reasons i never thought I looked ugly was because no one ever told me I was ugly.
ReplyDeleteI would just forget that models are skinny. I would just be me I perfect the way I am and I don't need to change nor get skinner. I would be angry with people doing this,and my dad says that if I wore make-up it would ruin my pretty face so I believe him.
ReplyDeleteI think that if you wanna be perfect, just be yourself! Everyone is a different kind of perfect in their own way. It doesn't matter if your pretty or not because inside everyone is beautiful. So if you think your ugly here's something to cheer you up, someday your gonna find someone who likes you both outside and on the inside. They won't care what you look like, they will love you anyways!
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ReplyDeleteI would just forget that models are skinny. I would just be me I perfect the way I am and I don't need to change nor get skinner. I would be angry with people doing this,and my dad says that if I wore make-up it would ruin my pretty face so I believe him.I would not like it if people airbrushed my pictures because I like the way I look and they might change that and make people thing I am someone I'm not.
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ReplyDeleteI would mind having my pictures airbrushed because then I would just not look like myself.
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ReplyDeleteWhen you think of all of the people out in the world with eating disorders or other diseases or illnesses that you wish you can help but you can't. You think of how someone you love has been affected you think about why someone you love has been affected. You wish that you could help them because you see how sick they make people. It sucks. You wish there was something- anything you could do to help your friend or family member but you don't know what to say because everything you say is wrong. Makeup I don't have anything against it because I think some people need to wear it like actors or people who just want to look pretty. At the same time I don't think 2nd graders need to wear it. I don't think that anyone needs to wear too much makeup. There is a difference between your real hair color and your hair color that you just dyed your hair with. You find the difference.
I think getting kids faces airbrushed isn't right because they are not really showing there face and what they looked like. They are showing a barbie dolls face and that isn't what any girl or boy should look like. If they did that to me I would be pretty darn mad because I like my face the way it is. I wouldn't mind if they were covering up a pimple or something in my teeth from lunch or something. Then it might be ok.
ReplyDeleteI think that people need to stop worrying about stupid stuff like spending thousands of dollars on cloths, and on makeup. I think that you need to be true to yourself and let people see who you really are. If you like to eat… you like to eat! There is no need to make yourself throw up and worry about being skinny. You need to be proud of yourself and see the good in yourself and not the bad you need to know that god gave you your body and your hair and your face.
ReplyDeleteI think that if you have a true friend they wouldn't care what you look like, they would care about your personality. I NEVER put on makeup anymore, I love the way I look. I would be SO MAD if someone Airbrushed me because it's basically cheating yourself and telling yourself your someone else and I wanna look just like I do right now.
ReplyDeleteIf I had an eating disorder then I wouldn't feel any different. TONS of people have it ALL OVER THE WORLD. It's not that big of a deal. Just because you have a disorder it doesn't mean your more important or less. Your the same
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