Yessss this is the best rant. I love you for consistently coming through with this message. And I’m 40 and *still* don’t realize when photos or videos have been edited. It’s actually not that I don’t realize, it’s that…it’s not normal to assume the human you’re looking at is in some way faking their appearance. We can’t do that irl. We’ve never been able to do that until juuuust recently, in our millenia of evolution, so like why would it naturally occur to us that someone doesn’t really look the way they obviously look? I only think “oh photoshopped” when something is quite obviously “wrong,” or like you said, hits the uncanny valley. I firmly believe social media is trashing everyone’s self esteem. But at the same time, beauty & bitch time are fun activities. You’re my fave “skinfluencer” in this regard because you are ethical in what you present and you emphasize the joy in this kind of self care. Well, just that you frame it as self care alone…as opposed to just: LOOK AT MY GLASS SKIN EVERYBODY.
Also yessss at bringing back 90’s simplistic sensibility. I grow weary of the drag queen look.
I love rants. Especially yours. Nice pen down. ❤️❤️
Yessss this is the best rant. I love you for consistently coming through with this message. And I’m 40 and *still* don’t realize when photos or videos have been edited. It’s actually not that I don’t realize, it’s that…it’s not normal to assume the human you’re looking at is in some way faking their appearance. We can’t do that irl. We’ve never been able to do that until juuuust recently, in our millenia of evolution, so like why would it naturally occur to us that someone doesn’t really look the way they obviously look? I only think “oh photoshopped” when something is quite obviously “wrong,” or like you said, hits the uncanny valley. I firmly believe social media is trashing everyone’s self esteem. But at the same time, beauty & bitch time are fun activities. You’re my fave “skinfluencer” in this regard because you are ethical in what you present and you emphasize the joy in this kind of self care. Well, just that you frame it as self care alone…as opposed to just: LOOK AT MY GLASS SKIN EVERYBODY.
Also yessss at bringing back 90’s simplistic sensibility. I grow weary of the drag queen look.
Aspirational me is tidier, better organised, and washes AND blow dries her hair every day.
Thanks for your honesty and fab (but so simple) tips.
Wishing you all the best for Christmas and 2022! (Can’t believe it’s almost here already!! Eek!)
Much love from Manchester, England xx