bad pictures

In Defense of the Fugly Facebook Photo

Sometime in the last few years, I've gone from compulsively untagging every remotely unflattering photo of myself to making them my profile pictures. And it feels AWESOME.
Kate Conway in
Fun, bad pictures, facebook, internet drama, photoshop

Nov 21, 2012 at 9:00am | 111 comments

photoshop

I Used to Be Addicted to Photoshopping Every Single Picture of Myself

It’s strange, looking at photos of yourself from the past and having them not be you at all, but rather some edited version of what you wanted so desperately to be.
Julia Pugachevsky in
It Happened To Me, photoshop, obsession

Sep 25, 2012 at 6:00pm | 33 comments

body acceptance

Seventeen Makes A Pledge, But What Does It Mean?

The iconic teen magazine has agreed "not to alter body sizes or face shapes of young women featured in its editorial pages," and will discuss the pledge in more detail in the August issue.
s.e. smith in
Issues, body acceptance, body image, magazines, photoshop

Jul 6, 2012 at 5:00pm | 64 comments

photoshop

Dealbreaker Underwear -- What Does It Really Take To Turn Him Off?

We used Photoshop to find out just how weird your panties would have to be to keep a guy out of there.
Mena in
Fun, photoshop, underwear

Mar 23, 2011 at 2:56pm | 0 comments