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manipulating images or manipulating your head?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Remember the Ralph Lauren ad with the scarecrow-like model (who may have actually been fired for being “overweight”)? Well, there’s more where that came from: And in another insane development, can you believe that designer Chrisitan Louboutin thinks Barbie’s ankles are fat? What?! I thought everyone had pretty much acknowledged that Barbie’s body is an [...]

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the surgeon general's Photoshop warning

Monday, September 28, 2009

A Move to Curb Digitally Altered Photos in Ads The Liberal Democrats, the third-largest party in Britain, after Labor and the Conservatives, adopted Ms. Swinson’s proposal for a labeling system this month as part of their official platform. The party wants to ban altered photos entirely in ads aimed at children under 16. On retouching, [...]

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