START RANT.
OUR PASSION ARE NOT OUR PROBLEMS.
(catwalkqueen)
I was doing my homework for my ethics class tonight and the subject was the ethical matter of advertisements, and predictably it was mostly about fashion advertisements.
I was actually shocked at how angry I got when I was defending the fashion industry.
The question of course was the usual, does it give an unrealistic image of woman, does it put bad ideas in the young girls head, does it corrupt the world, does it cause cancer? , yea the usual.
Further more, I get so angry at this shit. Because the people who usually bitch and complain about this stuff are the people who buy these products , magazines, etc. I am in love with fashion, and I look at these advertisements, or in my world, the fashion world, they are editorials, look books, representation. ART.
THIS IS ART
(modelstime)
This does not tell girls, "You must look this skinny", or " You are uglier than this person is."
That is not what these editorials are out to do.
They are out to sell clothes to the people who appreciate them.
The respectable fashion houses anyways.
My point is
No one is forcing any one to pick up a Vogue ( which i think is a shit magazine anyways )
No one is forcing any one to read Marie Claire.
And no one is certainly asking you to look like the models we see.
The models are freaks of nature, but they are human beings.
They are human beings with insecurities, body image problems, and issues.
JUST LIKE AL OF US.
possibly more so than the "average" person.
No one insults Michael Jordan for being so god damn good at basketball.
His skill is art.
So are these designers, photographers, models, and stylists, artists, the list goes on.
Of course there are lines that should not be crossed.
and there is appropriate places to put your editorials, and inappropriate.
But my bottom line is, please, if you have self esteem issues. next time you go the your CVS , don't pick up a Cosmo ( shit ). Don't pick up a Elle.
Pick up a "How to feel good about myself Manual"
Or learn how to appreciate yourself for who you are.
If you have self esteem issues, which most of us do. I'm not trying to sound insensitive.
But please don't insult our dreams, and our vice.
Please don't blame it on the art of fashion.
It's an art, and it's beautiful. And it's OURS.
live and let live people.
END RANT. =)
1 comment:
You write very well.
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