About a week ago, in an interview with Shape magazine, Rosario Dawson said that she was sick and tired of the way images were so heavily airbrushed that young women were attempting to achieve an ideal that was literally impossible — even for the world’s most beautiful people. Said Dawson:
Am I the only one out there that feels absolutely nothing for the many “miracle makeover” stories? I remembered that one of my mother’s monthly magazine subscriptions of the Family Circle/Good Housekeeping vein featured a “makeover of the month,” and even as a fifth or sixth grader (yes, I read everything) thinking to myself, “That’s all well and good, but what’s she gonna look like in six months?” Between that and The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, I was pretty cynical about makeovers from a very young age.
Michigan’s Jael Gardiner story was recently spotlighted on Stylelist’s “Makeover Diaries” feature, and I found myself shaking my head and, yeah, rolling my eyes … and I truly mean no offense to Ms. Gardiner, who is currently a college student and rightfully proud of her accomplishments (including a 60+ pound weight …
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