{"id":18951,"date":"2026-05-18T14:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18951"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:21:37","slug":"distorted-images-of-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/distorted-images-of-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"DISTORTED IMAGES OF OURSELVES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18951\" class=\"elementor elementor-18951\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>In this cartoon I am attempting to highlight the widening gap between the idolised image of the human body portrayed in the media and what most people\u2019s bodies are actually like. 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