Well, I think as adults - as intelligent adults - we can distinguish the difference between "studio beauty" and "real world beauty". "Studio beauty" means make up and hair is done just so, body make up, ideal lighting and anywhere from light to heavy touch up after the photo is processed. I think we SHOULD expect this from professional publications. Then there's "real world beauty", which is a bit rawer, but can be just as, if not more, attractive, with genuine imperfections present. If you can't appreciate the difference, then I think you can't watch or look at ANY form of media, because it's always an idealized form.

Remember when we did the interviews for the documentary, Matt? What did our subjects have to go through? Some powder and lots of lighting set up. It's all them on screen, but they look better on film, right? That's just the way it is and I think we'd be unhappy if it was the other way because it would be so jarring.

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