Quote:Images of plus-size models and celebrities like Melissa McCarthy edited on 'horrific' Facebook page to look thinner - as creators claim they 'help misguided women'

Project Harpoon posts photos of plus-size models alongside altered images that purport to depict what they would like if they were thinner
Using the hashtags #SkinnyAcceptance and #thINNERBEAUTY, the page's administrator employs patronizing language to 'help' overweight women
The idea began on 4chan, whose users have a history of trolling and performing stunts meant to enrage
Georgia Pratt told Daily Mail Online that the project makes her 'sad' and she is worried about the creator's mental health

One patronizing Facebook page is outraging men and women alike by editing images of plus-size people to show how much 'better' they would look if they were thin.

Project Harpoon is the brainchild of a 4chan user who tasked other people with using Photoshop to digitally alter images of plus-size women, including well-known models, such as Tess Holliday and Ashley Graham, and celebrities like Melissa McCarthy and Meghan Trainor.

Using the hashtags #SkinnyAcceptance and #thINNERBEAUTY, the page compares side-by-side pictures of each plus-size person, then asks followers to weigh in on which one looks better - though the implied answer is that the thinner version is always preferable.

The page posts photos of women - and some men - without their permission. Someone digitally alters the original images to make the people in them look slimmer, thinning out their faces and bodies and even, occasionally, changing their bone structures to make them narrower.

Then, the page administrator polls followers on which version they prefer. To date, photos have been shared of Meghan Trainor, Melissa McCarthy, and plus-size models Georgia Pratt, Tess Holliday, and Ashley Graham.

'Meghan Trainor might be a lot more popular if she was what the industry wanted her to be!' the person behind the page captioned a photo of the Grammy-nominated All About that Bass singer.

The administrator also asks patronizingly whether the people who were edited without their permission would be happy to see their 'potential', and offers condescending compliments to the hypothetical thin people.

(08-21-2015 10:32 AM)MKDAWUSS Wrote:  Time to merge lock this thread...