3 Key Texts:

• Cyndi Tebbel / Body Snatchers: How the Media Shapes Women / 2002

• Naomi Wolf / The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women / 1991

• Maggie Wykes / The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill / 2004

The Question:

How has image-editing software such as Photoshop, influenced and distorted our observation of the female in fashion editorial (Magazines)?