Inspiration Behind the Madness: Zendaya (week2)

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Hi reader! I kind of wanted to go a little more into the thought process behind my magazine and see if this helps me with the direction of where I want to take my spread. Zendaya is a 19 year old actress who has been admired for confronting and openly addressing her opinion on body shaming and women's body image standards. Recently, she basically called out the magazine editors who edited her pictures to give a false image of her:

"Had a new shoot come out today and was shocked when I found my 19 year old hips and torso quite manipulated. These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have. Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love. So I took it upon myself to release the real pic (right side) and I love it. *emojis* Thank you @modelistemagazine for pulling down the images and fixing this retouch issue."

I admire the fact that Zendaya published this post on instagram for the whole world to see. It gives young girls a view on the extent that a magazine will edit a picture and the false body image of celebrities that set the standard impossibly high, because it is just that... impossible.

Hope you enjoyed this post and think Zendaya rocks as much as I do. You go, girl!

References: http://q13fox.com/2015/10/22/actress-zendaya-shocked-calls-out-magazine-for-photoshopping-her-issues-pulled-off-stands/