Comments on: Suspicious of “Authenticity”, women challenge Dove ads – Again! http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/05/12/suspicious-of-authenticity-women-challenge-dove-ads-again/ aligning identity, action and purpose Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CV Harquail http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/05/12/suspicious-of-authenticity-women-challenge-dove-ads-again/#comment-14 CV Harquail Thu, 22 May 2008 10:52:49 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/05/12/suspicious-of-authenticity-women-challenge-dove-ads-again/#comment-14 Hey Jenny- I DO remember that article in "O"-- and I've thought about it many times since, especially on the days that my "O" magazine arrives in the mail. I know that Oprah in real life (and even on TV) looks very different from the CoverGirl Oprah .... but I wonder why, even though she *told* readers her cover image is highly manipulated/ not "real", she still only has severely-retouched photos on the cover? Since sho does this as a matter of course, do we still think of Oprah as pro-authenticity? (and remember, I do love my Oprah, so to criticize her is hard for me)._ Or, is it 'really' because women will only buy the magazine on the newsstand if Oprah looks (artificially) younger and thinner? Or is it this line, from the post, which seems more and more true to me? " Even an organization that wants to accept real women’s beauty as it occurs in real life still struggles with finding a balance between reality and a what the market defines as “attractiveness”. " Hey Jenny- I DO remember that article in “O”– and I’ve thought about it many times since, especially on the days that my “O” magazine arrives in the mail. I know that Oprah in real life (and even on TV) looks very different from the CoverGirl Oprah …. but I wonder why, even though she *told* readers her cover image is highly manipulated/ not “real”, she still only has severely-retouched photos on the cover? Since sho does this as a matter of course, do we still think of Oprah as pro-authenticity? (and remember, I do love my Oprah, so to criticize her is hard for me)._

Or, is it ‘really’ because women will only buy the magazine on the newsstand if Oprah looks (artificially) younger and thinner? Or is it this line, from the post, which seems more and more true to me? ” Even an organization that wants to accept real women’s beauty as it occurs in real life still struggles with finding a balance between reality and a what the market defines as “attractiveness”. “

]]> By: Jenny B http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/05/12/suspicious-of-authenticity-women-challenge-dove-ads-again/#comment-11 Jenny B Wed, 21 May 2008 14:44:13 +0000 http://AuthenticOrganizations.com/harquail/2008/05/12/suspicious-of-authenticity-women-challenge-dove-ads-again/#comment-11 Great post, CV. This makes me think about an issue of Oprah magazine, early in its history, in which Oprah showed readers everything she went through to look as she did on the cover each month. Photos documented her transformation from no makeup, just out of bed hair, etc., to glamorous cover girl. I can't recall if she also showed or discussed the retouching process. In any case, it reflected Oprah's stance for authenticity, I think. Great post, CV.
This makes me think about an issue of Oprah magazine, early in its history, in which Oprah showed readers everything she went through to look as she did on the cover each month. Photos documented her transformation from no makeup, just out of bed hair, etc., to glamorous cover girl. I can’t recall if she also showed or discussed the retouching process. In any case, it reflected Oprah’s stance for authenticity, I think.

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