Bethenny Frankel is getting real about the dangers of filters. On Wednesday, the Skinny Girl brand founder shared two images of herself on the beach rocking a bikini.While at first glance, it looks like the former star shared the same image, she noted that she purposely altered the first one, to show the difference even a little bit of a filter makes. “This is NOT what I look like…and you know that bc I’m not vain and show you the real me.
But if I posted a version of this every day you might start to believe that it might be. This is just how distorted this has all gotten…,” she captioned the photos. “Filtering is lying: it is deceptive.
It makes women feel badly about themselves. It makes young girls insecure and obsessed with an unattainable perfection. It makes middle aged women and mothers feel insecure about themselves.
This creates a false ideal for men. It’s the opposite of inspirational. It’s destructive. It’s irresponsible. It’s insecure and it’s inaccurate.
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