Seventeen Magazine recently announced a body image peace treaty after a teenage girl started a petition to stop it from airbrushing girls' photos, NBC reports.
Eighth-grader Julia Bluhm began a video blog and online petition after girls in her ballet class complained that they were too fat; she was able to get 84,000 signatures, according to NBC.
Ophira Edut, the founder of loveyourbody.org, told NBC that teenagers compare themselves to the photos they see in magazines and they are especially vulnerable to these images.
The Washington Post reported that Seventeen announced this month it would never change a girl's body or face shape but would continue to retouch small imperfections like stray hairs and pimples.
Julia’s mother told The Washington Post she was pleased with the magazine’s response but felt it could still be doing more.
Are teenagers affected by unrealistic media images? Should the magazine be doing more? Tell us what you think.
Parents must educate and debunk the misconception of beauty and what it means to young girls. We are their first admirers not a magazine. We must instill confidence and a healthy love of self and not place too much emphasis on outward beauty which is fleeting and skin deep. Why should this magazine whose business is beauty and beautiful things have to alter their practices to fit our outlook when the very reason we buy the magazine is the reason we are angry with the articles! Does that make sense, no. We dress, we buy make up, we do all this stuff in the name of beauty, we shouldn't aspire to be like what is seen in the magazine but to be our best selves. I say educate our daughters, nothing is more beautiful than confidence.
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