Girls protesting Teen Vogue over too-thin, airbrushed models - 'It was kind of shocking how rude the
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“Keep It Real!” was the message city teens delivered to Teen Vogue Wednesday, urging the magazine to show girls like them in its glossy pages.
Armed with a petition bearing nearly 28,000 signatures — mostly from girls fed up with the mag’s obsession with svelte figures and flawless complexions of limited shades — protesters called for models who match the world they live in.
“As a girl of color who has struggled with my weight, I want Teen Vogue to tell girls like me that they think we're beautiful just as we are,” said Carina Cruz, 16, of Forest Hills, Queens.
Cruz and Emma Stydahar, 17 — both members of an all-girl activist movement dubbed “SPARK” — teamed up just a week ago to launch the national petition drive on Change.org.
The girls targeted Teen Vogue, which boasts a circulation of more than 1 million readers, after 14-year-old Julia Bluhm of Maine handed a similar online petition to Seventeen magazine.
Presented with the more than 84,000 signatures Julia gathered, Seventeen editors signed a “Body Peace Treaty” vowing to redouble efforts to avoid air-brushing photos and integrate more “real” girls into its pages.
“I did subscribe to Teen Vogue from about 5th to 8th grade. I stopped because it was just such a depressing experience,” said Stydahar.
“I’d just be flipping through the magazine and thinking, ‘Wow, I wish I had her legs. I wish I had her hair.’ And never thinking, ‘Wow, beauty comes in all kinds of different shapes and sizes.’”
Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Amy Astley met with Cruz, Stydahar and their crew, who put on a mock red-carpet fashion show outside Teen Vogue’s Times Square Headquarters.
But the teens came away from the five-minute meeting with no agreement from Astley that she would commit her mag to its own “Body Peace Treaty.”
Instead, the girls were handed copies of Teen Vogue.
“It was kind of shocking how rude they were to us,” said Cruz.
Stydahar added that she didn’t need to be told to study the magazine.
“We have done our homework,” she said. “That’s why we started this campaign, because three out of every four girls feel bad about themselves after reading a fashion magazine.”
. “That's not a statistic that the magazine industry should be proud of,” she added.
Teen Vogue spokeswoman Erin Kaplan insisted the magazine does not retouch or alter body images in its pages.
“Teen Vogue makes a conscious and continuous effort to promote a positive body image among our readers,” said Kaplan, adding the magazine features “healthy models” and includes “dozens of non-models” every year.
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[QUOTE]three out of every four girls feel bad about themselves after reading a fashion magazine.[/QUOTE]
three out of every four girls are stupid and should stop buying fashion magazines
[QUOTE=NightmareXx;36764467]three out of every four girls are stupid and should stop buying fashion magazines[/QUOTE]
And are insecure. And most likely have a Facebook account too.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36764484]And are insecure. And most likely have a Facebook account too.[/QUOTE]
Of all things in a girl you have a problem with it's Facebook. jeez, dude
[QUOTE=fixture;36764496]Of all things in a girl you have a problem with it's Facebook. jeez, dude[/QUOTE]
Probably has no experience with girls to know what kind of dumb shit they do in person.
[quote]three out of every four girls feel bad about themselves after reading a fashion magazine.
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well done dickheads
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36764484]And are insecure. And most likely have a Facebook account too.[/QUOTE]
And I bet they go to parties too! And have boyfriends! There's fucking no reason to criticize others for subscribing to a social network fucking everyone has. It is a completely legitimate social tool.
You yourself should get one. At least try it, add at least 10 friends you know, and if you don't like it, never touch it again. I did it and I am tremendously happy I did.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36764484]And are insecure. And most likely have a Facebook account too.[/QUOTE]
^autism
Ever since high school I've always heard girls complain about this problem that they don't have average women modelling on the runways and editorials. There's a reason why they don't have your average girl doing shit like this, and it's for 2 reasons:
1. There would be even more models than there already is for this job, which would make it useless and pay even less than it already does for starter models.
2. It's for the image and the fact that if you've ever seen a runway, you'd notice you always look at the clothes more rather than the actual model. And if you've ever seen those crappy prom fashion shows or whatever at your school, you'd probably notice that you're not looking at the clothes as much since you're actually looking at the person rather than what the designer is trying to show off.
Now the airbrushing stuff is quite ridiculous though, the amount of Photoshop they put into models is fucking insane at times.
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I only know about this kind of stuff since I know people in the actual industry itself. Contrary to popular belief, I'll just point out that models aren't starving themselves to keep up with the image all the time, it's a stereotype that isn't entirely true at all. Most of the models I know don't even keep up with what they're eating most of the time. I just know the discussion will go into this topic, so I might as well state that early before it turns into a shit storm.
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[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36764484]And are insecure. And most likely have a Facebook account too.[/QUOTE]
You've got to be fucking kidding me, how does having an FB account make you a bad person?
[QUOTE=VagueWisdom;36765328]Ever since high school I've always heard girls complain about this problem that they don't have average women modelling on the runways and editorials. There's a reason why they don't have your average girl doing shit like this, and it's for 1 reason:
1. deep-seated sociological reasons, ground into the media and the average mindset of societal members over many decades, force us to have expectations of woman to be thin[/QUOTE]
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It might just be me but I find the perfect, 10/10 airbrushed models that you find in magazines almost TOO perfect. They seem sort of... unreal. I can't fantasize about someone who looks like a barbie, damnit.
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Well I'm sure it goes farther than just decades, it's just something that the media forced even more if anything.
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But do like thin girls though.
Really, if they use healthy models like they say, then the petition really was pointless and I would say they are completely valid to hand them a magazine and say do your resewrch. I also don't see any egidence of them actually being rude...
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SPELLING FFFF cant fix it on phone will later
I'm pretty sure they use healthy models, but girls tend to flip out over skinny girls for some odd reason.
because they're jealous and can't bother working out.
Seriously, we males aso have to deal with totally ripped guys in the magazines and shit. It's not that bad, but it still affects us. Some just whine about it, others start working out to be that ripped guy.
On the other hand, I understand that those perfect models are making normal girls look bad, and is setting a bad example to other girls, so yeah they should tone down on a couple of things
[QUOTE=D3TBS;36765454]because they're jealous and can't bother working out.
Seriously, we males aso have to deal with totally ripped guys in the magazines and shit. It's not that bad, but it still affects us. Some just whine about it, others start working out to be that ripped guy.
On the other hand, I understand that those perfect models are making normal girls look bad, and is setting a bad example to other girls, so yeah they should tone down on a couple of things[/QUOTE]
No amount of exercise will get rid of your pores and make you secrete airbrush.
[quote]“As a girl of color who has struggled with my weight, I want Teen Vogue to tell girls like me that they think we're beautiful just as we are,” said Carina Cruz, 16, of Forest Hills, Queens.[/quote]
I demand validation!
[QUOTE=shian;36764320]“I did subscribe to Teen Vogue from about 5th to 8th grade. I stopped because it was just such a depressing experience,” said Stydahar.[/QUOTE]
She might be onto something: don't like it, don't buy it
Runway girls are ugly as fuck anyway. The only ones who are actually hot are the ones from Victoria Secret if I'm not mistaken.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36764484]And are insecure. And most likely have a Facebook account too.[/QUOTE]
I guess I'm insecure then for getting back in touch with half of my old class thanks to Facebook! [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/box.png[/img]
[QUOTE=VagueWisdom;36765418]I'm pretty sure they use healthy models, but girls tend to flip out over skinny girls for some odd reason.[/QUOTE]
A lot of supermodels are on the verge of anorexia.
Everyone involved in this is fucking stupid. Even me. Because I read the damn OP and post this.
I hate nothing more than magazines anyways
Magazines are literally Hitler, they make everyone feel like shit with this stupid drama they spread and invade celebrities lives with literally the dumbest fucking reasons.
[QUOTE=VagueWisdom;36765418]I'm pretty sure they use healthy models, but girls tend to flip out over skinny girls for some odd reason.[/QUOTE]
Have you ever studied the ads and these magazines? Photoshop goes a long way
Very unhealthy in this generation where people focus on the media for their lifestyle. Good for them to protest, but what can it change? This is capitalism and money wins
[QUOTE=J!NX;36766507]I hate nothing more than magazines anyways
Magazines are literally Hitler, they make everyone feel like shit with this stupid drama they spread and invade celebrities lives with literally the dumbest fucking reasons.[/QUOTE]
Which came first. The magazine or the consumer.
wimen
We should protest retarded girls over retarded fashion magazine protests. Seriously, of all the thing they could protest in this rotten world, they choose this...
[QUOTE=D3TBS;36765454]because they're jealous and can't bother working out.
Seriously, we males aso have to deal with totally ripped guys in the magazines and shit. It's not that bad, but it still affects us. Some just whine about it, others start working out to be that ripped guy.
On the other hand, I understand that those perfect models are making normal girls look bad, and is setting a bad example to other girls, so yeah they should tone down on a couple of things[/QUOTE]
It's not the perfect models, it's the amount of photoshop that goes into them before they're even considered to be put out into the public.
I think just about everyone knows about the doctoring magazine cover photos go through though, so this is sort of redundant
I bet most of you males also feel bad about yourself when you see slim muscly handsome hunks in movies or tv shows too. For some reason though guys don't like to say they do though.
[QUOTE=TonyP;36767764]I bet most of you males also feel bad about yourself when you see slim muscly handsome hunks in movies or tv shows too. For some reason though guys don't like to say they do though.[/QUOTE]
lol, no because they got like 50 iq
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