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First Seventeen, Now Teen Vogue, Next The World?

Julie GersteinJuly 6, 2012 //
Julia's Seventeen Petition
Teen activist asks Seventeen to print unaltered photos. Read More »
Models Sans Airbrushing
See what these beautiful girls really look like! Read More »
Relationships & Body Image
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Earlier this week, Seventeen magazine, on the urging of thousands of readers, pledged to stop airbrushing and Photoshopping the girls in its pages. The move was in part due to the work of 14-year-old high-schooler Julia Bluhm, who launched a petition encouraging the mag to show what girls really look like. Keep reading »

Teen Activist Julia Bluhm Is Still Fighting Against Photoshop

Winona Dimeo-EdigerMay 18, 2012 //
Julia's Seventeen Petition
Teen activist asks Seventeen to print unaltered photos. Read More »
Airbrushing Scandals
Tina Fey Marie Claire cover
Back away from the Photoshop sl-o-o-o-w-ly. 7 Photos »
Open Letter To Seventeen
Blogger Tavi takes the mag to task over an ugly cover line. Read More »

A couple weeks ago we told you about an amazing 14-year-old activist named Julia Bluhm who wrote a petition to Seventeen magazine asking them to publish one unaltered photo spread every month. Well, since then Julia’s been busy. Her petition has garnered over 74,000 signatures (yep, you read that right: 74,000), she scored a profile in The New York Times, and she recently held a mock photo shoot outside the Seventeen offices (that’s her in the middle)… Keep reading »