by Montgomery Jones, Madeleine Nesbitt, Mehar Gujral, Lilinaz Evans, Georgia Luckhurst, and Ben Ubiñas You’ve probably seen that American Eagle’s Aerie brand has released a new ad campaign featuring models who have not been retouched. The taglines for the campaign include “love me, don’t retouch me,” “Love the Real you,” and “The Real you is…
by Ben Ubiñas Victory. Sometimes, when you speak truth to power, power beats you down. But sometimes, you prevail. SPARK’s campaign to end Photoshopping in Seventeen Magazine has prevailed. The editor of Seventeen Magazine has taken the side of SPARK and the thousands of people who joined them, including me. She got the message and is…
By Ben Ubiñas Perfect skin, perfect teeth, perfect hair. Razor thin bodies, glamorous clothes. Is that what I’m supposed to expect from girls my age? Because that’s what Seventeen magazine shows on every page in every way. I hadn’t even heard about Seventeen magazine until I saw on the news that some girls were protesting…