Unretouchable

Reach for this book when you notice your teenager spending hours scrolling through social media, perhaps making self-deprecating comments about their own appearance or expressing a desire to look like the polished influencers they follow. It provides a vital reality check by pulling back the curtain on the fashion industry and the digital manipulation that creates impossible beauty standards. The story follows Olive, a high school graduate who lands an internship with a professional photo retoucher. As she learns to digitally erase 'imperfections' and reshape human bodies on screen, she begins to grapple with how these artificial images affect her own self-esteem and the world at large. It is a thoughtful, artistically driven graphic novel that normalizes the pressure of digital perfection while offering the tools to deconstruct it. It is perfectly suited for teenagers navigating the transition to adulthood and looking for more authenticity in their digital lives.