End the ‘Photoshop’ standard of beauty

Shout out to my boys in One Direction for the following lyrics:

“You’re insecure,

Don’t know what for,

You’re turning heads when you walk through the door,

Don’t need makeup,

To cover up,

Being the way that you are is enough.”

When I first heard their song “What Makes You Beautiful” (hereinafter, WMYB), I wasn’t really buying into what they were saying. The whole song sounded like a vague attempt to flatter a girl just to get into her consenting pants.

(This is not a critique of boy bands’ lyrics. I’m sorry I ever heard Nick Carter sing “If you want it to be good girl, get yourself a bad boy” as a 6-year-old.)

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