We don't discuss it often, but drugs are still a thing even here in Nowhere. Recently, a 20 something year old model who transplanted here from LA has started speaking publicly about being addicted to a dangerous new street drug, one known for altering womens looks and building them into societies idea of perfection. It's called...Photoshop. Sally Dowel was only 14 when she took her first hit of the drug. "I remember, I was in school...some of the less popular girls were in the bathroom and were talking about why they couldn't be prettier so they'd be asked to the winter formal. Then one of them, her dad was a photographer and he'd just gotten his hands on this new thing called Photoshop. We swore we'd only use it once...some of us were able to control it but...one hit was enough. Before I knew it, I was clicking and deleting and resizing everything about me and I haven't stopped since." It's certainly worked in her favor. She's been on every magazine cover in the business, she's a very successful runway model, and she's even got a new book coming out; a tell all about the lectures she's been giving to young girls about this dangerous life altering drug, and how they can make sure they don't too fall under its allure. This isn't the first time that Photoshop has been used in the business however. One model several years ago died after excessive use of the program. Police found her airbrushed to death in her apartment. Nowhere Police Chief Richard Myrick says, "She might have been dead, but she looked damn good." So, afraid YOUR teenage daughter is using this drug? Want to know what you can do about it? Sally says the best education is to talk to your kids and tell them why fixing their red eye is not a good idea. How cropping is a gateway drug to other photo altering. And the worst part? Photoshop isn't even the only drug on the street. It has a number of competitors. Sally says, "Some of the poorer girls who can't afford it go for the alternatives, which are just as dangerous if not more so; Gimp, Pixelmater, you name it. There's hundreds of these things. Recently we've been seeing an uptick in Instagram, which, while not the same kind of drug, is definitely a gateway to hardcore photo editing." So talk to your kids, and let them know they're beautiful as they are. That filters, dog ears and all the other tools are not worth turning themselves inside out for. The more young girls see other, natural looking women online, the more they'll recognize that it's okay to look like a normal human being. And, if you find out that your daughter, or son, is being influenced and using Photoshop or any of the other alternatives, you should get them into rehab immediately. It's grown into such a problem, that grown women who're getting married, are demanding they be retouched in their wedding photos. Something that should be pure and beautiful is now tainted by this horrible drug addiction. Let's save our kids, and kill the pictures. Soliel Bovier, 24, Writer of the Hot Mess fashion column for Nowhere Online News and owner of at least 4 and a half cats
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