Uh Oh, Oprah!
Just got my June issue of O Magazine. Now I’m a HUGE fan of the Divine Ms. O but I have a serious bone to pick with her as a 1) woman and 2) magazine editor. The cover line of her latest issue screams: “We’re starting a beauty revolution! (Say bye-bye to feeling bad about how you look).”
Alas, it runs alongside an airbrushed-to-the-teeth glamour shot of the mag's perennial cover model, Oprah herself. So, here’s my question for the interview queen: If you’re starting this whole "feel good about your look" revolution, why hide behind all the airbrushing (not to mention the de rigueur professional hair, make-up, and styling help)? Isn't that just a tad hypocritical? And doesn't it send the wrong message: that we still need help to look good?
We know that model and celeb pix are heavily doctored. Et tu, Oprah?
Note to Oprah’s Peeps: If I’m wrong about the cover pix airbrushing, please let me know and I’ll stand corrected. Or, better yet, I’ll volunteer myself to be photographed like the “real” people in the issue’s before and after feature. These real beauty role models are shown as they look when they wake up au naturel in the AM and then after they’ve done the whole makeup-and-hair thing. Kudos to them all!
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Bravo for mentioning the intersection of hypocrisy and Oprah related to the monthly airbrushing of her cover picture. Hypocrisy is not new with Oprah--she recently did a show about being "green" and carbon footprints. This is a lady who owns 3 houses and a private plane--some carbon footprint.
Interestingly there is a discussion about airbrushing pictures going on as I type on the Women's Studies listserv.
Pattsi Petrie
Thanks for weighing in on this topic, Pattsi. The more I think about it, the more it irks me. If it's at all possible for you to mention my post on the Women's Studies listserv, I'd love to hear what other women have to say about using an airbushed Oprah pix on the cover of her June issue promoting acceptance of one's looks. Thanks for reading and writing. Cheers, Laurie
PS: Not a word yet from the Oprah camp...
Thanks for weighing in on this topic, Pattsi. The more I think about it, the more it irks me. If it's at all possible for you to mention my post on the Women's Studies listserv, I'd love to hear what other women have to say about using an airbushed Oprah pix on the cover of her June issue promoting acceptance of one's looks. Thanks for reading and writing. Cheers, Laurie
PS: Not a word yet from the Oprah camp...