'Give Girls Images of Real Girls!': Teen's Petition Victory
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Concerned about how the media portrays girls and the negative impacts of that portrayal, 14-year-old Julia Bluhm created an online petition, imploring 'Seventeen' magazine to "give girls images of real girls." After 84,000 people signed her petition, the editor-in-chief shared her commitment to print unaltered images of teen girls in the magazine, vowing to “never change girls’ body or face shapes." Bluhm and her new friends have already lined up their next target: 'Teen Vogue.'
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Concerned about how the media portrays girls and the negative impacts of that portrayal, 14-year-old Julia Bluhm created an online petition, imploring 'Seventeen' magazine to "give girls images of real girls." After 84,000 people signed her petition, the editor-in-chief shared her commitment to print unaltered images of teen girls in the magazine, vowing to “never change girls’ body or face shapes." Bluhm and her new friends have already lined up their next target: 'Teen Vogue.'
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