Tagged: youth

7:16am

Fri July 6, 2012
The Two-Way

'Seventeen' magazine takes no-photoshop pledge after 8th-grader's campaign

Originally published on Fri July 6, 2012 4:49 am

Credit Seventeen magazine

Somewhere between school and her extracurricular activities, eighth-grader Julia Bluhm found time to launch a crusade against airbrushed images in one of the country's top teen magazines.

And this week, she won: Seventeen magazine pledged not to digitally alter body sizes or face shapes of young women featured in its editorial pages, largely in response to the online petition Julia started this spring.

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10:57am

Wed April 27, 2011
City Government

Seattle Youth Commission seeks new teen members

Seattle wants to know what teenagers have to say about city government. It’s looking for thirteen to nineteen-year-olds for the Seattle Youth Commission.

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