"Not another Sarah Palin post!" That's what most of you must be saying. Though I passed on writing about Sarah Palin's Newsweek cover photo when it came out two days ago, something hit me when I saw it again a few hours ago. Something that the cover photo reveals and tells us that has nothing to do politics.

Ever since news of Sarah Palin's Newsweek cover came out it has been a hot item on the web. Searches for 'Sarah Palin Newsweek', 'Palin Newsweek cover', 'Sarah Palin Newsweek photo' and their many other configurations flooded the internet. People were curious, they wanted to find out how she looked in the cover - understandable because anything about Sarah Palin is big news these days. Then, the Republicans
joined the fray and lambasted Newsweek for coming out with an 'unretouched' photo of their candidate. It seems people at Newsweek didn't use any airbrushing or Photoshop on her photo, a 'courtesy' they accorded Barack Obama when he was on the cover.

First of all, with all due respect to Mr. Obama, I think he really needed airbrushing. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, can do without it as this Newsweek cover reveals. She is, despite her political shortcomings, a very beautiful woman and this Newsweek photo proves that. What's wrong with a few wrinkles, a pimple here and there, and pores that are but natural? Isn't this what a real magazine cover should be? If people think those imperfections on her face are ugly, what the hell would they say if they saw my face up close? Or any of the millions (billions) of faces of real people worldwide?

I do not know what the intentions of Newsweek were when they decided not to retouch Sarah Palin's cover photo but I applaud the outcome. More magazines should follow suit. After all, airbrushing and "Photoshop-ing" is cheating. It gives the impression of flawlessness that is quite impossible. Moreover, this is the main reason why so many young people today grow up with a false sense of beauty. They see photos of stars and models in magazine covers and layouts and want the same for themselves, not knowing how that picture was stretched, airbrushed or whatever cheating procedure was done to come up with such - flawless skin, rosy complexion, perfectly shaped breasts, lean body, perfect nose, etc. I would understand why ads do these to their layouts, they're selling a product after all. Magazine covers, however, should be more realistic, natural. Of course, I'm not saying that we shouldn't hide the flaws. But we should do it only up to a certain extent, using a little make up and lighting.

There is nothing wrong with Sarah Palin's Newsweek cover photo. However, what lies behind that toothy smile and bespectacled brown (?) eyes ... I don't know.

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