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17 Aug 12:20pm

Filed under: Body Image, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Girls, Magazines, Media, Society, Women

It was different back in year seven when none of us really read magazines like Cleo or Cosmopolitan. The girls in my year at my all-girls college were just like me: we didn’t wear makeup, we didn’t obsess over clothes, and we didn’t judge others based on appearance so much.

It's a barrage of distortion. Montage: Jessica Barlow

Most of us were just disappointed that there was no playground or school oval we could access at lunchtime. It was a year of big transitions, certainly, but it was also the year that I would miss the most during the remainder of my time at high school.

All too soon we became addicted to magazines like Cleo and Cosmopolitan.

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My2Cents says:

07:54am | 20/08/12

@ Incredulous You have completely misconstrued my comment. Of course the women in magazines are beautiful without photoshopping. But I do think magazine pages wouldn’t be quite as visually beautiful if the colours weren’t brightened, small imperfections not erased, etc. Images in magazines are always going to be manipulated for… Read more »
BJ says:

11:40am | 19/08/12

@Sickemrex Are the boars photoshopped? I would hate to think that real boars have body image issues. Read more »

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