Seventeen Magazine to End Photoshopping of Models

Young women have taken matters into their own hands and scored a victory, according to a exciting post July 4th, 2012 by Emma Stydahar at Spark A Movement.
Objecting to the ways women and girls are portrayed in print magazines, organizers gathered nearly 30,000 signatures asking that women and girls be portrayed  more realistic.

———

They cited studies showing that girls become depressed after just 30 minutes of looking at a fashion magazine.

———

No More Photoshop'd Images of Women in the Media
  1. The July issue of Seventeen announced that the face and body sizes of the models in their magazines will not be digitally altered in any of the spreads in the magazine.
  2. Vogue  announced it would not use models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder

The young women have launched a campaign against Teen Vogue, but do not yet have positive results to report. But these girls are tigers so watch for more news! They ask girls to send photos GO TEAM!

 

Scroll to Top