http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/10/11/lana-del-rey-no-makeup-pics/
It contains "before and after pictures" of Lana del Rey with and without makeup. Now, I have enough of an issue as it is with these types of before and after pictures. They blatantly compare women (most often) with themselves in order to determine the state in which they look the best, according to social beauty standards. This often times relates to weight, as in "omg I lost so much weight!" or "omg look at how much weight this celebrity gained!" Both of these clearly rest on the notion that the thinner you are, the better you look. (Tangent: I also get extremely frustrated when people post weight loss before and after pictures on facebook or other social media, and people comment about how great they look now. Because, why didn't they look awesome and beautiful and great before? And, also, why is physical beauty/outer appearance the most valued thing a woman can achieve? I'd like to see pictures/posts of, like, before and after I learned something new, or was courageous, or was kind, or SOMETHING other than physical beauty. End longer-than-expected tangent.)
Back to this article... These before and after pictures show Lana del Rey, as I said, with and without makeup, showing the contrast in how she looks both ways. HOWEVER, this is no typical before and after, celebrity "no make-up" shot. The pictures of her WITH makeup come as BEFORE, and her WITHOUT makeup is AFTER. I can't believe we live in a place where a woman is seen as "in her normal state" with makeup on, and her without makeup is anormal. I guess I can believe it, because I think I've seen something similar done with photos of Oprah or something. Anyways. I'm disgusted. That is all.
I wanna know where they're coming from saying that the after picture is no makeup, to me it is blatant that she is wearing makeup though its not as obvious as the before shot. But with the whole b/a shot I find it weird that there's a necessity for it to be pointed out when they are or aren't wearing makeup (then the whole do they look good or bad). I think that even some tabloid magazines make an effort for an issue once a month for before and after shots. Asking the reader if they recognize certain celebrities or not.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see articles like this or online where a paparazzi takes a picture of a celebrity without makeup on, I always see irritating little comments by the writer of the article like "Try to look presentable in public." I don't understand why not wearing makeup is considered not presentable. Why is it a standard now?
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you that the most shocking thing about this is that women with makeup are seen as their normal state and without makeup as some sort of weird, abnormal state. It's the weirdest thing!!
ReplyDeleteI hate the make-up and no make-up shots. I think it just reinforces the fact that women NEED to wear make up because it's such a big deal if they don't that there has to be article about it.
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