A re-touched Kelly Clarkson on Self Magazine:
Kelly Clarkson was chosen for the latest cover of Self Magazine, her second time debuting on the front of the mag since 2007. Both times, however, Clarkson has not appeared as herself, but an unrealistic, completely retouched image of a "slimmer" star. I don't blame Kelly Clarkson for this, as she is always one to step up and say when she's been photoshopped to death, and is okay with her figure at any size. (Which I actually believe, compared to other starlets.) But Editor-in-Chief of Self Lucy Danziger (not related to the beautiful Danzig, sadly.) says the photo was retouched to show Clarkson's "at her best." Well Miss Danziger, if you didn't think Kelly was her best untouched, then why the fuck did you choose her for the cover? Retouching to make her look her best would have been fixing a stray hair, or a pimple. Not her entire face and body shape. Self is a magazine that is supposed to make you feel good about your body, to help you manage a healthy lifestyle. If you aren't willing to show healthy girls for who they are on their cover, they you should be called "Self-Absorbed: How to look as good as the photoshopped image!" This kind of shit gets me fuming because body image is such a crucial topic across the world, and is perceived so inaccurately as to what one should look like. How about creating a magazine that shows curvier women who are healthy and feel great? "Fat chance," I guess.
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