Photoshop Persuasive Speech

As a fourteen year old girl, I’m constantly comparing myself to what I see in the media. Whether I’m scrolling through my instagram feed, or looking at magazine covers I feel pressured to look like what I see. There have been days where I look in the mirror and ask myself if my body is good enough. I want my body to match what I see on my instagram feed and on the covers of magazines. Yes, in fact, I am one of those 103 million followers of Taylor Swift, 35.9 million of Gigi Hadid, and 67.6 million followers of Katy Perry on instagram. When I see their images on my instagram feed, or anywhere, I find it neat to get glimpse into the life of the rich and famous. While I do not aspire to live their life in the lime light, I do aspire to how they look. Just

With so much change really going on in the world is photoshop really the place to blame? What if the models or celebrities are having a bad day as far as their looks, are you then punishing them? What is the point in having photoshop if you aren’t allowed use it? For all those questioning if photoshop is really the place to blame, there are multiple studies done by multiple scientists proving that there is a connection. The AMA, ANAD, New Look Clothing, and many others have all done studies to prove the connection between photoshop and mental illnesses along with eating disorders. These studies do say that removing photoshop would help many of those with mental health issues and/or eating disorders. As far as if the model is having a bad day for their looks, face it, we all do. We are human and not every day are we going to be perfect, we aren’t going to get an “A+” on all our tests. Humans aren’t perfect. There are also other solutions such as makeup, or having the photographer adjust the lighting. Photoshop was designed for photographers to fix minor blemishes in their photo, not to reshape a whole human