Lena Dunham Calls Out A Magazine For Heavily Photoshopping Her Cover
UPDATE (3/1/16, 12:01 p.m. ET): In another Instagram caption, Lena clarified the issue she has with the image.
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Lena Dunham is no stranger to covering magazines, nor is she a stranger to championing body positivity. So when a Spanish magazine got heavy-handed with the Photoshop on a recent cover, she took to Instagram to call it out.
Though Lena didn't pose for the cover, the magazine used a shot from photographer Ruven Afanador, but altered the original image and, well, Lena noticed. She writes in the caption: "Oh hello El Pais! I am genuinely honored to be on your cover and so happy you licensed a pic by @ruvenafanador, who always makes me feel gorgeous. BUT this is NOT what my body has ever looked like or will ever look like- the magazine has done more than the average photoshop. So if you're into what I do, why not be honest with your readers? Much love, Lena."
Lena isn't the first cover star to call out a magazine for going way too far with Photoshop — Zendaya recently shared an unretouched photo from her Modeliste cover after the magazine significantly slimmed down her hips and torso.
While it sucks that magazines feel the need alter their cover stars from the way they are, at least we have people like Lena and Zendaya calling them out when they go too far.