shortformblog: Seventeen Magazine signs a “Body Peace Treaty” with its readers Shop’s been dropped: Seventeen magazine’s editor-in-chief Anne Shoket, bowing to the pressures of fourteen-year-old Julia Bluhm’s 84,000-signature petition, agreed to stop photoshopping the girls featured in her magazine. The new “Body Peace Treaty” makes a pledge to diversity within the magazine regarding body shape, size and skin color. In an interview with NPR, Shoket assured listeners Photoshop would only be used to fix errant strands of hair or acne blemishes to “make you look like you would on your best possible day.” Excellent work, Julia. source Follow ShortFormBlog: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook A step in the right direction.

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Seventeen Magazine signs a “Body Peace Treaty” with its readers

Shop’s been dropped: Seventeen magazine’s editor-in-chief Anne Shoket, bowing to the pressures of fourteen-year-old Julia Bluhm’s 84,000-signature petition, agreed to stop photoshopping the girls featured in her magazine. The new “Body Peace Treaty” makes a pledge to diversity within the magazine regarding body shape, size and skin color. In an interview with NPR, Shoket assured listeners Photoshop would only be used to fix errant strands of hair or acne blemishes to “make you look like you would on your best possible day.” Excellent work, Julia. source

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A step in the right direction.

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    I want to give this a big thumbs up, but I’ll withhold judgment until I see their future magazines
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    Sucks for the girl in the issue following this new change LOL thought I do think there should be liberty in photography...
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    bravo!
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    This is such an awesome step in the right direction. Only problem is if you were a teenager like me and didn’t buy...
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