Ridiculous

Lately I've been getting to work early (8:00am) to get out early. This means I miss the most interesting hour of my favorite TV show - The Today Show. The past two days I've been lazy and over it, so I have been able to watch the most interesting hour. Good thing or I would never have learned about Self magazine's bullshit.

Kelly Clarkson is on the cover of Self's September "Total Body Confidence Issue". She's also been airbrushed. A lot. As in not her body at all. This morning the editor, Lucy Danziger, went on air to address the furor arising from thePhotoShop job. I mean, anyone appearing in a magazine these days is photoshopped - all to different extents. What is acceptable for a fashion magazine vs. a women's fitness magazine vs. a parenting magazine?

If I were a Self subscriber - I'd cancel. I would. It just seems extremely hypocritcal of a women's fitness magazine to very obviously PhotoShop a woman on the cover of their "Total Body Confidence" issue.

As a side note, I subscribe to Shape magazine who's policy it is not to airbrush any of their cover model's figures. They adjust for lighting, but DO NOT adjust body parts.

Self editor's interview on The Today Show this morning:

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Is it just me or did she not answer the question at all?