A former nun-turned-Seventeen-editor-in-chief, Midge Turk Richardson filled the pages of the magazine with discussion of topics like sex and anorexia. She died last week at 82.
From petticoats to pleasure tips. Compare the earliest issues of Cosmo, Vogue, Ms., and more to their most recent.
What’s worse than retouching is how many OTHER ways the world is telling women how important it is to be thin — and how much women let those messages influence them.
The 16-year-old Rookie editor applauds the girls behind the Seventeen Photoshop petition, but thinks that the magazine's body-shaming goes beyond its images: "The effects of headlines under the 'health' section about your back-to-school body are still there. It took me a little bit once middle school started to realize that if I didn't read Seventeen, I didn't feel obligated to watch what I eat. Language is powerful, along with photos."
A group of teens staged a mock runway show outside the magazine’s offices in New York today. When they met with the editor-in-chief, she gave them an issue of the magazine and said, “do your homework.”
Looking at the magazine years ago, when I was 16, led to disordered eating that left me mentally and physically scarred into adulthood.
Following protests, Seventeen magazine pledged not to alter models’ faces or body shapes with Photoshop and to portray a more diverse image of beauty in its pages. A group of teens is now asking Teen Vogue to do the same — and says Victoria’s Secret could be their next target.
Victoria Beckham for Polaroid! Jesse Eisenberg for Oxy! Fergie for Bongo Jeans! Pink for Jelly Roll gel pens! Looking back, it seems like any ol’ celebrity would slap their name onto a now-dated product with little remorse for how it would translate years later.
Not my favorite photoshoot of hers, but there’s no denying she’s beautiful in every way. And who says “no” to more Emma Watson photos? Nobody. You’re a fool if you do. (via ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com) View List ›
Happy Birthday, Justin Bieber! Here’s a collection of Justin Bieber birthday cakes to celebrate the immaculate arrival of the Canadian One. View List ›
