Jul 11 2012
I get your point with the photoshop aspect of beauty, but the lyric "don't need makeup to cover up, being the way that you are is enough" is a much touchier subject. It might not be essential for some girls, but for girls who have horrendous acne, burns, etc. it is vital to being able to get through the day. Making yourself feel better about your insecurities isn't a bad thing, and it it happens to be makeup that makes a girl feel better, she shouldn't have to feel bad about it.

You definitely bring up a good point, but it’s a little different than what I was trying to say.

My article’s goal was to hope that one day girls can look at magazines without judging their own bodies.

Magazines have a responsibility to their readers: to protect their self-esteem, self-worth and self-image. Not everyone looks like a model. But by using more “real” photos, girls will feel better about themselves in comparison.

Your point is speaking more to a whole other issue, it sounds like. I’m not debating 1D’s lyrics and if they apply to every single girl in the world. In general though, the message they’re trying to send does apply to most people - and it’s not a bad message, to boot.

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