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"Did you see the picture of a super-skinny Ralph Lauren model that&amp;#039;s been going around the Internet? I sure don&amp;#039;t want my 13-year-old to see it! \u2013patty c.  You mean this ad featuring a model whose neck is bigger than her pelvis?! She&amp;#039;s perilously skinny (and for all we know, 13 and pre-pubescent herself) \u2014 but mostly it&amp;#039;s a case of photoshopping-run-amok. I thought pop culture was moving past that. But sigh, it&amp;#039;s apparently what some stylists, photographers, editors, and ad men (or heaven forbid ad women) still think is &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot; today. And yes, it&amp;#039;s messing with our daughters&amp;#039; brains. I should know. My own brains and, in turn, self image, have been scrambled by decades of devouring fashion imagery where the breasts are always high, the abs are always flat (not just washboard flat, which implies muscles, but airbrushed flat-flat!), and the thighs are nonexistent. I can&amp;#039;t look in a mirror and see a realistic reflection anymore; all I see are the &amp;quot;flaws&amp;quot;! Hard to appreciate your own strong limbs and good health when you&amp;#039;re competing with freaks of nature (or freaks of Fotoshop!). Not that I think fashion imagery is completely to blame for self image. There are many reasons certain girls are vulnerable. That&amp;#039;s where a healthy self esteem comes in. All the more reason not to hide this odd pretzel-masquerading-as-girl photo from your daughter. Show it to her. Talk about it. Point out the absurdity of having a jaw bigger than a thigh. \u2013Paula Spencer, WD &amp;quot;Momfidence&amp;quot; columnist "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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