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14YO Protests Mag’s Altered Photos

Julia Bluhm, 14, of Waterville, Maine, holds up a copy of "Seventeen" magazine as she leads a protest outside Hearst Corp. headquarters Wednesday in New York. Bluhm delivered a petition of about 25,000 names and met with officials from the magazine urging them to publish one spread a month of model photos that have not been altered. She says images of young girls in the magazine present an impossible ideal for today's teens. (AP Photo/Leanne Italie)

Question: Are your children adversely affected by the air-brushed beauty standards of models, magazines & the entertainment media?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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