Be An Activist

We wrote this letter to Teen Vogue magazine to address our concerns for the images they were showing teens.

Teen Vogue,

We feel that the images in this magazine send a bad message to teens. All of the photos in this magazine are images of individuals who portray an unrealistic idea of beauty. Most of your female models are not diverse and are white, tall and blonde woman. The men in the magazine are also unrealistic. Most of the men in your magazine are depicting that men should be muscular and hairless. Please put images that are realistic of what real beauty looks like. For example, show images of the average beautiful male and female. Its important that we teach teens to have a positive and realistic idea of what is beautiful.

Thanks,

Kianna Domgaard

Bonnie Christensen

Maggie Dalene

Be an activist and write your own letter to magazines that promote a negative body image! Many individuals complained to Ralph Lauren about their unrealistic model. Later that year Ralph Lauren apologized for image of the emaciated model.

Body Image Fair

The Body Image Fair was so much fun. We had the opportunity to talk to a lot of people about how the media effect how we look at our body. While talking to them we had them sign a petition to promise to always love their body and to have a healthy body image!!