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Parents' Poll: 'Seventeen' Vows to Stop Altering Images; Will it Help?
At a PTSA-sponsored film screening and discussion earlier this year in Dobbs Ferry, parents expressed concern over their kids' body dissatisfaction; will the magazine's efforts make a difference?
Earlier this year, the , showing the jarring film "Someday Melissa," in which the documentary's bulimic subject ultimately dies from her illness.
After seeing the film, Dobbs Ferry parents were concerned both by the cultures within their schools and by what their kids were seeing on TV, in movies and in magazines.
This week, according to CNN.com, popular Seventeen Magazine made a pledge to stop photo-shopping its models to look thinner, improve their bone structures and eliminate skin imperfections.
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According to the article, "...the more than 84,000 people who signed a Change.org petition, started by teenager Julia Bluhm, clearly believed Seventeen and other publications didn't always present the full, unvarnished truth."
Read the full article on CNN here.
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Read the Patch story about the PTSA presentation on body image held in the Spring
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