October 13, 2011
In the name of a flawless face and a perfectly packaged product, Photoshop comes to the rescue. But in the process the picture is altered and unrecognizable from the original. In one (now famous) ad, Julia Roberts no longer looks like the woman we know and love despite the age lines that now appear on ...
Tags: ads,
advertisements,
Advertising Standards Authority,
alteration,
anorexia,
ASA,
beauty,
body dismorphic disorder,
Christy Turlington,
Dove Self-Esteem Fund,
eating disorders,
enhancement,
insecure,
Jo Swinson,
Julia Roberts,
magazines,
media,
photoshop,
retouched,
self-esteem,
Twiggy,
unrealistic images
August 4, 2010
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received over 1,000 complaints (the 7th highest ever) over an ad by Marie Stopes advertizing their abortion helpline. But they rejected every last one of them. Marie Stopes is a British charity that runs a telephone helpline for women dealing with unwanted pregnancies. In May they placed an ad for this service which ...
Tags: abortion,
abortion access,
abortion ad,
abortion rights,
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Advertising Standards Authority,
advertizing,
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commercialization of abortion,
complaints,
Marie Stopes