Question 1

How do you currently feel about the way you look?

Are there things you want to change?

Are you happy with the way you look?

Question 2

Do you feel pressure from the media to look a certain way?

Do you feel you need to look a certain way in order to be beautiful?

How far would you go to look this way?

Question 3

How does a front page like this make you feel?

Do you feel pleased that there are celebrities who refuse to diet?

Does this cover make you feel like not dieting is a bad thing?

Question 4

How does an article like this make you feel?

Does it surprise you that a woman so skinny does in fact want curves?

The article tells us that Angelina Jolie is “really conscious of how skinny she is”, does this make you feel better about not being the “ideal” size portrayed by the media?

Question 5

Does seeing the difference between an airbrushed photo (the one on the left) and the original (the one on the right) surprise you?

Did you realise this kind of editing went on?

Do you think the airbrushed photo looks natural?

Question 6

This is an example of a subtly airbrushed image. Which one do you prefer?

Do you think the woman looks better naturally?

Question 7

This is an example of a subtly airbrushed image. Which one do you prefer?

Do you think the woman looks better naturally?

Are you surprised that they also changed her hair shape?

Question 8

After seeing the way they edit pictures, do you feel better about the way you look?

Do you think they depict an unachievable way of looking?

Question 9

How do you feel about the fact that airbrushing goes on?

Do you think it should be banned?

Do you think images should have a symbol at the bottom to tell you it’s been airbrushed?