Girls Claim They Got the ‘Brush-Off’ From Teen Vogue Over Anti-Airbrushing Campaign
- Posted on July 13, 2012 at 2:58pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Britney Franco, 13, poses with Hannah Stydahar, 14, during a protest Wednesday, July 11, 2012, near the offices of Teen Vogue in the Times Square section of New York to protest the magazine's practices of digitally altering body shapes in photographs. (AP Photo/Leanne Italie)
Two teenage girls on a mission to stamp out airbrushing in Teen Vogue say they were rudely brushed off by the magazine’s top editor.
Seventeen-year old Emma Stydahar and 16-year-old Carina Cruz staged a mock fashion show Tuesday in New York City‘s Times Square to protest the magazine’s practice of digitally altering the body shapes of models who appear in its pages. They then met with Teen Vogue Editor in Chief Amy Astley on Wednesday to deliver a petition with more than 28,000 signatures in support of their efforts.
But instead of discussing Stydahar and Cruz’s request to stop Photoshopping models, the teens said Astley and her staff spared just five minutes to give them copies of Teen Vogue, telling them to “learn about the magazine.”
“It was kind of shocking how rude they were to us,” Cruz said, according to the Associated Press.
Theirs is a very different experience from what 14-year-old Julia Bluhm had earlier this year with Seventeen magazine: Bluhm sat down with Editor in Chief Ann Shoket and presented her with a petition with similar requests. Shoket promised in the magazine’s August issue not to alter body shapes in photographs.
Stydahar and Cruz had been hoping for the same result from Teen Vogue, which has an approximately 1 million circulation and goes out to girls as young as 10 years old.
“We assumed Teen Vogue would also want to hear what their readers think and do everything they can to help girls feel better about themselves and their bodies,” Cruz said. “Instead, they sat with us for five minutes and told us to do our homework.”
In a statement to the Associated Press, Teen Vogue said it is “always open to readers’ feedback“ and was ”receptive to meeting with Emma and Carina to give them an opportunity to discuss their concerns.”
The magazine, which previously said it makes a “conscious and continuous effort to promote a positive body image among our readers,“ added that ”we feature dozens of non-models and readers every year and do not retouch them to alter their body size. We will continue to show real girls on the pages of our magazine.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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SenorStrange
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 3:02pmOh man ..nice to see they are focusing on the major issues facing our society today. And women should stop wearing make up cause thats false too. Good greif.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 14, 2012 at 1:11pmYes, it is. Great article on modesty. I have always been very careful about dressing my girls modestly. I pray that it will be a trait that they carry with them into adulthood.
Report Post »Matt
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 4:45pmI’d boycott……but I have never read it in my life in the first place, so its kind of hard to boycott what you already don’t use.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 4:22pmIt’s easy – If you don’t like the magazine, Don’t buy it.
Report Post »ricckky
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 4:11pmWho cares–let’s talk about the liar, liar, liar-who is wasting valuable oxygen!!!!!
Report Post »The Goo
Posted on July 15, 2012 at 11:30amI agree!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:59pmI don’t let that trash enter my house, anyway.
Report Post »WILL_OF_LANDREW
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:21pmWHO CARES?!?! Stop posting this nonsence. This is NOT REAL NEWS!!!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:26pmGood point. Well said. And besides airbrushing is a better practice then the 40 year old single moms who go out and get breast augmentation and then let their teenage daughters do the same.
Report Post »just a patriot
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:57pmI don’t care about this issue, but as a mother and grandmother, I do think that encouraging our daughters to stand up for what they believe in is the right thing to do. I applaud them for the effort they have made. I will, in the future, consider the treatment these girls received when I purchase subscriptions for my grandchildren.
Report Post »Lothmar
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:12pmNot saying they’re ugly but, I can see why they got the brush off…
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:10pmHa !! These magazines will always airbrush images, b/c they sell more more mags that way, also airbrushing does not stop with womens mags, they airbrush porn, and mens mags too, and have been for years, So millions of men are attracted to something that does not exist, and millions of women are trying to achieve a look they will never attain.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 6:34pmThey also airbrush the cars in Car & Driver, but that doesn’t mean it would be their fault if some dolt was crazy enough to waste his time simonizing his ride every weekend.
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:03pmAnd that’s why my 3 daughters (one on the way) will not grow up reading this crap…..
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:07pmAlso, anyone who wants to be a part of theBlaze Google+ group, email me at:
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It helps to have a google account :)
Report Post »Hmschlmom
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 5:08pmMy daughter doesn’t read this trash either…
Too busy reading good stuff!
Honestly, with so many good books to read out there, who needs this nonsense?
(My 15 year old homeschooled daughter came home from a church youth event and sleepover at a friends house…and began squealing THANK YOU MOM! in happiness when she saw I had downloaded 2 books she asked for to her NOOK while she was gone. I replied…I missed you! )
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:02pmIf it wasn’t for make up and airbrushing, Teen Vogue would look like a Poppa Johns Advertisement.
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