Filtered Perfection
By: Bushra AlMansour "The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel." -Steven Furtick We live in a world where we frequently see the edited version of people’s lives. We’re constantly reminded that others (whether its people we know or not) are living better lives than we are. A scroll down a typical Instagram feed is likely to reveal only incredible vacations photos from exotic places, parties of a lifetime, new purchases, dream homes, attractive couples in a relationship and healthy breakfast plated like a pro. All captured in perfect light and enhanced with editing tools. Everyone looks like they’re having the best day ever, all the time! Magazines have long been criticized for setting unrealistic standards of beauty and lifestyle, but it’s acknowledged that they are idealized. The models wearing size 0 clothing are just airbrushed ‘models’. These days, the impossibl...