Teen Girl Petitions Seventeen Magazine to Stop Airbrushing Models | Yahoo →
[TW: discussion of eating disorders]
eleven days ago, eighth-grader Julia Blume started a petition asking Seventeen to feature one photo shoot a month where the models had not been digitally retouched. her petition at Change.org has gotten more than 27,000 signatures, and the fourteen-year-old is gaining national attention as a young activist.
you can check out (and sign) julia’s petition here.
My reason: Because I’m tired of the media not owning up to their power of influence. Showcasing doctored images that make women and girls ashamed of their bodies then claiming you empower them is a sick form of abuse.
Right on!
Celebration of Asian American Women 2012: I Model… at Cornell University
“The purpose of “Celebration of Asian American Women” is to unite and empower the Asian/Asian American women community. It is a celebration of the strengths, the accomplishments, the diversity and the history of Asian/Asian American women.”
Photography by: Victoria Gao
By Audrey Kawasaki
Change your profile pictures on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms in support of National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
FYSE: Don’t care for the cisest language, but it is important for EVERYONE to get tested and there’s a lot of people out there that don’t understand that anyone can get HIV/AIDS or any STD/STI.
Finding Beauty in Isolation
how does hair like that happen?
Venus of Willendorf/Woman of Willendorf, 22,000-21,000 B.C.E, 11 cm high, discovered in 1908 near Willendorf, Austria.
The Venus of Willendorf can show us many things about a women’s role in a prehistoric society. The carving is sometimes thought to be a goddess or fertility symbol. It was originally covered in red paint to symbolize menstrual blood, which recalls fertility and pregnancy. Also, her childbearing qualities are emphasized. Because the statue portrays an obese woman, she was probably of a high ranking. Most women would have been physically fit from their roles as gatherers and working with men. Sometimes she is thought to perhaps be a goddess that humans worshipped. Some evidence implies that the small statuette may have been carved by a woman. Images of women during this time were far more common than those of men.
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