Skinny Bitch

Despite the name of this article I want to make it clear that the models below aren't bitches in fact, every single model I have worked with from first time photoshoot to international are very kind & respectful. They aren't rude or divas as portrayed in many television shows. It's just a title to grab your attention.

So you want look beautiful like those models on the cover of Cosmo, Seventeen & Teen Vogue uh? Well I am here to tell you how you can't. 

Now before you exit this post, let me tell you why. As many of you know I am a photographer. So let me tell you some not so secret things. First off models are photoshopped (duh), but do you know how much they are photoshopped? No? Perfect. I am here to show you just what some photographers & the advertisement industry does. We will ignore her flyaways and just focus on her skin, eyes and eyes.

Here is sped up recording of me doing basic enhancements.

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Here is what more advanced editing looks like

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As you can see to your left and above the bar for women is being set so high that it's just not reachable. Everywhere you look women are being subject to unrealistic standards of how they should look from dolls as a child to lingerie ads for adults. It is drilled into your head from the day you are born that, THAT is what you are suppose to look like. Is that fair? No it's not fair.

It's important for women of all ages to know that what you see in front of you is not what beauty is. Now I'm not saying looks are important because they are -too an extent but what is more important is how you act. Being a bitch may get you places in high school but in the real world that isn't going get you very far. Out of all the thing women are being told have big breast, perfect skin, be skinny, have a thigh gap are things they can't naturally control sure you can lose weight, but how much can you really lose and still be healthy? Not enough.

As a 21 year old male I am telling all of you women out there that guys love it when you have self-esteem (so go love yourself ladies!). We hate it when we call a girl pretty and they reject the compliment because to us you are. Lets be fair though. Can we (males) really blame you for not taking a compliment when everywhere you look you're being told you're not pretty enough? No we really can't.

So just remember that those ads you see those women don't actually look like that. Lighting does a lot for a person as well.


If this article gets positive reviews I will do a more in depth one about women being sexulized throughout history by advertisement agencies. I am also planning on doing one for males.

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Rainbow Fish

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Different Is Beautiful 

The Rainbow Fish is an award-winning children's book drawn and written by Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James. The book is best known for its morals about the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foilscales of Rainbow Fish. DHX Media turned the story into a 26-episode animated television series

Remember the story book Rainbow Fish?  I think that is the best children s book out their because it tells us that even though Rainbow Fish is different then the rest of the fish he's beautiful  Rainbow Fish thinks everyone hates him because he's different  but they don't. At the end of the story Rainbow Fish find outs that everyone wants a piece of his colorful scale.

This story has such a strong message within it. People frown about differences,  but we can't all be the same. It's naturally impossible. We should embrace each and every one of our difference z. We can change the world. So if you have low-esteem because of a "imperfection" remember that, that "imperfection" makes you different; and that is beautiful. Lets be weird. Lets be different. Lets be...ourselves. 

Plot:

The story tells of a fish with shiny, multi-colored scales named Rainbow Fish. He is always fond of his scales. But one day, a small fish asks him if he could have one. Rainbow Fish refuses in a very rude way. The other fish are really upset about his behavior and don't want to play with him anymore.

Feeling upset, his only friend left, the starfish, tells him to go visit the mysterious octopus for advice. Rainbow Fish finds the octopus and asks what he should do. The octopus tells him that he should share the beauty of his scales with his friends.

When he encounters the small fish a second time, the Rainbow Fish gives him one of his precious scales and, seeing the joy of this little fish, feels immediately much better. Very soon Rainbow Fish is surrounded by other fish requesting scales and he gives to each of them one of his shiny scales.

Credit to Wikipedia for the plot and the summery (The small text) of what Rainbow Fish is. Credit to YouTube for the video.