Seventeen urged to publish unedited images

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/02/thousands-join-girl-seventeen-magazine

Thousands join girl in urging Seventeen magazine to publish unedited images

Julia Bluhm, 14, a ballet dancer and aspiring activist, says she'd like one spread a month that shows bodies that aren't 'fake'

A teenage reader of Seventeen magazine is hoping to change the title's practice of airbrushing images to make young girls appear flawless and thin.

Eighth-grader Julia Bluhm, 14, from Maine, delivered a 15,000-name petition to the Hearst magazine's editor-in-chief, Ann Shoket, on Wednesday calling for the magazine to publish at least one unaltered photo spread a month.

"A lot of my friends are happy in their skin, but I know people who aren't comfortable and wished they looked differently," said Bluhm, who dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer and activist. "There are pictures all over the media that show photoshopped girls that have no flaws and they are perfect."