ZENDAYA COLEMAN, THE 19-YEAR-OLD
CELEBRITY AND SONGWRITER DECIDED TO TAKE THE INSTAGRAM AFTER
SHE DID A PHOTO SHOOT.
SHE WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT HER PHOTOGRAPHS HAD BEEN
PHOTOSHOPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
TAKE A LOOK AT HER
BEFORE-AND-AFTER PICTURES.
SHE SAYS IN THE POST, "THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE WOMEN
SELF-CONSCIOUS, THAT CREEPY UNREALISTIC IDEALS OF
BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE.
ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHO I AM KNOWS I STAND FOR
HONEST AND PURE SELF-LOVE."
THOSE PICTURES LOOK SIMILAR.
LOOK AT THE THIGHS.
THE ONE TO YOUR RIGHT IS AFTER.
I THINK THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS NICER BECAUSE SHE HAS MORE HIPS.
ON THE LEFT SHE LOOKS LIKE A BOY.
ON THE RIGHT SHE LOOKS LIKE A REAL WOMAN.
THAT IS WRONG.
RIGHT.
THEY SCREWED THAT UP BECAUSE MEN ARE ATTRACTED TO
WOMEN'S HIP TO WAIST RATIO.
IF YOU TAKE THE CENTERFOLD FROM THE 60S
PLAYBOY TO THE CENTERFOLDS NOW, THEY ARE MUCH SKINNIER NOW
BUT THEIR HIP TO WAIST RATIO IS THE SAME.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UNIVERSALLY PREFERRED HIP
TO WAIST RATIO IS ABOUT .7.
RIGHT.
THERE IS A SEXUALIZATION.
THEY WANT MODELS TO HAVE BOY BODIES.
IT IS VERY CONFUSING TO ME WHY.
I HAVE A THEORY ON THAT BUT IT'S CONTROVERSIAL.
I HAVE ONE AS WELL.
ALL THE PEOPLE IN FASHION ARE EITHER WOMEN OR GAY GUYS.
THEY THINK WHAT IS HOT IS A GUYS BODY, SKINNY, LIKE, A YOUNG
GUYS BODY.
BY THE WAY, I AM NOT HATING.
NEITHER AM I.
THEY LOOK AT IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE BUT ARE NOT
LOOKING AT IT FROM A STRAIGHT GUY'S PERSPECTIVE.
EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL LOOKED BETTER, THEY SHOULD HAVE
RESPECTED HER WISHES.
TO BE FAIR, THIS WAS ON THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE MAGAZINE.
IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE IN PRINT IN NOVEMBER, BUT AFTER SHE
QUESTIONED IT, THEY DECIDED TO RELEASE THE AUTHENTIC
UN-EDITED PHOTOGRAPH.
THEY SAID, "WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RETOUCHING OF PHOTOS IS
A SENSITIVE SUBJECT ACROSS ALL MEDIA.
WE HAVE MADE THE IMMEDIATE DECISION TO PULL THE ISSUE
AND ARE WORKING WITH ZENDAYA TO PUBLISH THE COMPLETE
UNEDITED AND AUTHENTIC IMAGE.
WE AIM TO REPRESENT AND ADVOCATE A MESSAGE OF
POSITIVE BEAUTY IMAGE, SELF-LOVE, AND EMBRACING
ALL ASPECTS OF INDIVIDUALITY."
LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THAT, THIS IS WHAT I
CALL AN APOLOGY/NON-APOLOGY.
THEY SAID THAT RETOUCHING A PHOTO IS A SENSITIVE
SUBJECT NOT ONLY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY BUT ACROSS ALL MEDIA.
THEY ARE BASICALLY SAYING THIS IS A SENSITIVE ISSUE AND
EVERYONE ELSE DOES IT.
THEY ALSO SAY WE STAND TO REPRESENT AN ADVOCATE OF
POSITIVE BODY, SELF-LOVE, AND EMBRACING ALL ASPECTS OF WOMEN.
IF YOU REALLY STAND FOR THAT, THEN WHY ARE YOU HAVE AN
EDITORIAL GUIDELINE THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM CHANGING
PICTURES
LIKE THIS?
CLEARLY THEY DON'T HAVE AN EDITORIAL GUIDELINE FOR THIS.
IF THEY DO, PEOPLE ARE IGNORING IT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE APOLOGIES THAT ARE NOT GENUINE.
ONCE SOMEONE MAKES THIS TYPE OF APOLOGY, IT'S BECAUSE
THEY ARE CAUGHT.
NOBODY EVER FINDS JESUS BEFORE THEY GOT CAUGHT.
IT IS OKAY TO CHANGE
YOUR MIND AND EVOLVE.
BY THE WAY, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND
THE SCENES, THEY ARE SO MAD AT ZENDAYA.
I AM TELLING YOU, THEY ARE FUMING BEHIND THE SCENES.
THEY PROBABLY ARE THINKING WE SHOULD OF NEVER TAKEN HER
PICTURE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU THINK THEY ARE HAPPY THAT THEY ARE GETTING ATTENTION?
I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT MAGAZINE BEFORE.
YEAH, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO BUY THE MAGAZINE?
OH, YEAH.
ZENDAYA, BY THE WAY, IS STUNNING.
SHE DID THE RIGHT THING BUT THERE IS ALSO A BIT OF AN
ANGLE THAT SHE IS GOING TO GET MASSIVE, GREAT PUBLICITY
OUT OF THIS.
IT IS CYNICAL, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE UNDER THE BUS ANYWAY,
SO I AM NOT HATING ON IT.
BUT I WILL SAY, NOW SHE GETS TO BE THE DEFENDER OF YOUNG
WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SHE ALREADY WAS.
SHE HAS BEEN MAKING THIS STANCE ALWAYS.
IT IS WHAT SHE REPRESENTS IN THE MEDIA.
THAT IS WHY IT IS EVEN MORE HORRIFIC.
THIS IS HER THING.
RIGHT, THEN THEY WERE PARTICULARLY DUMB FOR PHOTO
SHOPPING HER.