Franklin S. alerted us to the fact that someone at Complex magazine goofed.  Our reward is another peek into the re-touching process that shapes nearly every image in our lives.  This time the subject is Kim Kardashian.  Animal made the find:

We spotted this image (left)… this morning in their “web exclusive” gallery, but by afternoon she was looking recognizably altered (right) and then removed from the site completely.

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See all of our re-touching posts here.

Lisa Wade, PhD is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of American Hookup, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender; and a forthcoming introductory text: Terrible Magnificent Sociology. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.