tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post6225672901595371638..comments2024-03-18T03:06:37.050-05:00Comments on style rookie: An open letter to Seventeen Magazine, also, WHY ARE YOU UGLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUTavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02576171411356820271noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-38539835318934766402011-02-01T10:05:26.392-06:002011-02-01T10:05:26.392-06:00Okay have you even read an article in the magazine...Okay have you even read an article in the magazine you cant judge it by one cover headline like seriously seventeen knows that most teenage girls have already heard from adults the brain damage and stuff from drugs but everyone still does it,and teen-aged girls all want to be skinny so telling them not to do the drug cause it wont help them be want they wont is the only way most girls will listen and I know promoting not eating is bad but that's not what seventeen magazine is doing if you look inside every issue has a section on eating healthy and staying fit and thats whats good for your body, and unlike your vogue magazines they use modles that girls can relate to body shape more so before you go ahead and criticize you really should become a teenager first and unserstand there issues and also read the magazine and maybe that article about the drugs cause i you cannot judge a magazine just by its headlines!whybiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421163613461795018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-22439234756972461982010-11-16T22:32:42.644-06:002010-11-16T22:32:42.644-06:00You. Go. Girl.
You are refreshing. I wish I had th...You. Go. Girl.<br />You are refreshing. I wish I had the words to write that letter at 13 or to have the insight to realize those truths at a young age. I know you'll go far with your message as you grow older. Don't stray from your passion on this issue, you will help so many young girls, teens, and women. Fashion needs a healthy attitude, and you have it. Don't let go of that & stay true to yourself!!!E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15488376219778054436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-72851258802270920352010-11-14T18:14:07.436-06:002010-11-14T18:14:07.436-06:00Tavi, to say "I'm impressed" is an u...Tavi, to say "I'm impressed" is an understatement. Brava!Erin bhabi chhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343450690920953576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-59574700474545620072010-10-22T11:41:17.867-05:002010-10-22T11:41:17.867-05:00*love**love*jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225929873834895495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-16738788216488465562010-10-09T21:52:29.776-05:002010-10-09T21:52:29.776-05:00This letter blows. For many reasons. Here are so...This letter blows. For many reasons. Here are some:<br /><br />1. It's a for-profit magazine; it doesn't have to pursue an agenda<br />that you, or anyone, approve of.<br /><br />2. This fat = beautiful and healthy crap is laughable. Excess body<br />fat is disgusting, unhealthy, and a sign of a weak character. Being<br />anorexic is unhealthy too. One isn't better or worse than the other.<br />I take that back. Being fat is worse.<br /><br />3. You claim that people value looks over intelligence, seemingly<br />citing the existence of this magazine, that as far as I can tell<br />doesn't hide the fact that it is a fashion/style/beauty/lifestyle, and<br />not a scholarly publication. The implication would be, I guess, that<br />this convinces young girls to ignore scholarly pursuits, favoring a<br />single-minded obsession with food and body. But this isn't reality,<br />is it? Take the state of Arkansas, for example, where approximately<br />97 percent of the population is obese, uneducated, and toothless.<br />Contrast this with a state like, say, Connecticut, where every young<br />girl is expected to go to college, choose a profession, and throw up<br />her dinner. So...it ain't one or the other.<br /><br />Cheers!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988279360604588413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-7351315276992000832010-09-21T05:57:52.633-05:002010-09-21T05:57:52.633-05:00Seventeen has gone soooo downhill. Shame on 17!Seventeen has gone soooo downhill. Shame on 17!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524851023161292364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-42189684670551515262010-09-19T18:41:58.638-05:002010-09-19T18:41:58.638-05:00I did an analysis of Seventeen Magazine when I was...I did an analysis of Seventeen Magazine when I was in college in the late 90s. I tabulated the number of articles on how to impress boys and compared that to the number of articles on education, community service, general happiness, that kind of thing.<br /><br />I think I will have to dig out that paper (got an A) but I remember it was pretty sad how much the magazine promoted doing things to impress boys.Calidahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664254168057768013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-53041805331701219382010-09-19T09:29:35.763-05:002010-09-19T09:29:35.763-05:00Very well said! I posted this on my blog!
http://j...Very well said! I posted this on my blog!<br />http://junkfoodisthenemy.tumblr.com/post/1149564523/an-open-letter-to-seventeen-magazine-also-why-are-youUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082202227006825783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-63554194837933888552010-09-18T22:11:52.670-05:002010-09-18T22:11:52.670-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346679649521335849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-54199419669640057182010-09-18T22:11:50.206-05:002010-09-18T22:11:50.206-05:00great to read something as good :)great to read something as good :)Yashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346679649521335849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-44443751512226211172010-09-13T17:04:42.417-05:002010-09-13T17:04:42.417-05:00Hey Tavi
You are right ! I'm from Brazil and ...Hey Tavi <br />You are right ! I'm from Brazil and there is a magazine who tries do copy seventeen and it does the same things that seventeen does . And a lot of girls try to have style , but they don't . And this stupid magazine sometimes write about fatness , and it looks like beeing fat is a crime .<br />Bye :D<br /><br /><br />( PS ; my English isn't good , i'm just 14 , sorry about the wrong things )Camila Névoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929157007352475075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-15090183572050997542010-09-13T17:04:11.531-05:002010-09-13T17:04:11.531-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Camila Névoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929157007352475075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-59953490704186235442010-09-13T17:02:43.653-05:002010-09-13T17:02:43.653-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Camila Névoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705027475318234481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-8669038822742832782010-09-07T14:15:15.730-05:002010-09-07T14:15:15.730-05:00ah ha ha NO!
most of it is pads and tampon ads i...ah ha ha NO!<br /><br />most of it is pads and tampon ads in the magazines it's really annoying, and skinny is healthy as long as you eat fruit and work out every week you will have strong muscles and being skinny is so much more healthier then being fat with diabetes, i'm underweight and i have trouble GAINING weight, most of the magazines don't even tell you how to do that without hurting yourself or gaining it in the wrong places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-81202403060430612052010-08-23T09:07:44.898-05:002010-08-23T09:07:44.898-05:00And marijuana is great. All you haters should just...And marijuana is great. All you haters should just try it.Jardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00846042183653861585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-89954481152839121292010-08-23T09:05:23.470-05:002010-08-23T09:05:23.470-05:00Not to mention the biggest article on the page: Ge...Not to mention the biggest article on the page: Get Your Best Bikini Body: The Ultimate secret to a Great Butt, Flat Abs & Major Confidence. <br /><br />There's a secret way to get major confidence? Oh wait, you can only achieve it through a great butt and flat abs. No wonder I never had confidence in my body when I was a teenager. All of their articles are screaming: You can only be confident if you are beautiful. And you can only be beautiful if you are healthy and FIT. <br /><br />I applaud you for writing such a specific and precise letter. I, on the other hand, would have exploded with anger and frustration by the time I had written "Dear Seventeen." There's too much on this front page to address, let alone the individual articles which are no doubt even more agonizing.<br /><br />Listen, teenagers. You're beautiful because you're confident, not because you're thin/fit/have a great butt. Look at Anna Della Russo. Okay, she has a great butt BUT honestly, kind of ugly. But CONFIDENT. So, she's beautiful: http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/62310ADRwhite_5070Web.jpg<br /><br />You all are beautiful so give it a rest and PUT DOWN THE MAGAZINES.Jardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00846042183653861585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-85508791806509145402010-08-22T19:51:25.513-05:002010-08-22T19:51:25.513-05:00@Krista Beth
The fact that you work for the gover...@Krista Beth<br /><br />The fact that you work for the government makes your comment about women no more relevant than if they worked at the mall. However, calling these same women greasy slobs and then saying that "even intelligent women are treated like morons" seems a tad hypocritical, not to mention completely unprofessional.<br /><br />Anyhow, fat is not always unhealthy. The word 'fat' has become this vulgar descriptor when the connotation is purely societal, stemming from articles like this. A person should not have to feel ashamed or ugly or unhealthy, nor is it a label to be called as part of scare mongering for drug usage. <i>That's</i> what is wrong with this article.kaye (paper reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13149323197913005984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-39782921995302370352010-08-19T04:46:03.978-05:002010-08-19T04:46:03.978-05:00Although I don't usually read Seventeen, I did...Although I don't usually read Seventeen, I did manage to read this article after seeing the very 'interesting' headline. Although you make very valid points in your letter (and I sincerely hope they will acknowledge their mistake) I have to disagree on a few things. <br />Firstly, I think that 'fat' is not synonymous to 'overweight' or 'bigger' but seems to me more of a pejorative word to describe 'overly overweight people' shall we say (in other words, obese). Just because a girl does not resemble a anorexia-ridden model does not mean she's 'fat', it COULD possibly mean she's normal, or healthy, or even in the bigger case, slightly overweight', but let's move on.<br />Secondly, I believe the phrasing of the headline would like to draw in the most readers possible, and perhaps that the public that Seventeen wishes to draw in happens to be the mass of dim-witted girls out there who happen to think that 'being fat and ugly' is a priority (I am not saying that Seventeen readers happen to be shallow and thick, although a teenage often tears herself up over these matters doesn't she?)<br />Thirdly, the fact that their morals should be at all strange is the fact that they are a magazine, and when looking at the title of the graph you have joined to your letter, it does happen to be the case for EVERY magazine out there. You could easily erase the 'Seventeen' part of the title and replace it with 'Marie Claire', 'Vogue' or 'Glamour'. I don't think that Seventeen happens to be 'up there' on the scale of valuing looks over happiness or intelligence, just that their sense of marketing happens to be well into some/many of their readers' ideals. <br />Final point being that I read the article and can't remember the content, but I think it was just a basic mom's overview of 'don't do pot, it's bad'. I wouldn't expect much more from Seventeen. <br /><br />But that's just my opinion. ;) <br />Have a lovely day everyone, and don't do pot, as it will make you fat and ugly -says Seventeen. :D <br />Big Hugs.Eve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03947886358143609462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-89920638655923405362010-08-14T22:42:03.391-05:002010-08-14T22:42:03.391-05:00you're way too awesome Tavi!!
As a girl who is...you're way too awesome Tavi!!<br />As a girl who is not, and has never been "skinny" it has always been hard to determine who is right when talking "beauty". To see the words fat and ugly used to scare away teens from drugs is pretty scary, not to mention, just stupid. I couldn't have put together a better and well thought out letter.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />kirstinethe exhausted etiquette (kirstine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15873518601300403081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-16778221109386391662010-08-05T19:39:33.361-05:002010-08-05T19:39:33.361-05:00Tavi you're awesome. Keep being you.Tavi you're awesome. Keep being you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-1495605016528796202010-08-04T16:03:34.906-05:002010-08-04T16:03:34.906-05:00Dear Tavi,you are 100% right!!!-Beauty is intellig...Dear Tavi,you are 100% right!!!-Beauty is intelligence and teens need support ,truth and hard facts to guide them to a healthy adulthood.Seventeen magazine is way too superficial and I find is letting down its clientele to senstionalism and "cliche" mentality!<br />keep on the fight!Denimgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275176810836598432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-31064412429843531722010-08-03T19:41:09.700-05:002010-08-03T19:41:09.700-05:00it's articles like this that make me wish you ...it's articles like this that make me wish you girls, *(meaning the younger generations)* still had Sassy Magazine!<br /><br />Great job! Thanks, for bringing it to my attention and you are so very right that have a moral obligation to stop berating teenagers for there weight and physical beauty!<br /><br />You so ROCK!<br /><br />xoxo,<br />MariaMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170401447671532001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-45306314010419578962010-08-02T09:49:28.641-05:002010-08-02T09:49:28.641-05:00OK, with 345 comments, I'm guessing that you a...OK, with 345 comments, I'm guessing that you already feel supported in this, but I had to say that it was AWESOME to get a surprise does of size acceptance while catching up on your blog. Simply put, you rock.alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182612141561309090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-6641399254094639632010-08-02T02:20:28.209-05:002010-08-02T02:20:28.209-05:00Once again, your letter shows how mature you are b...Once again, your letter shows how mature you are beyond your years. If only young girls would look up to you, seriously :)<br />Anyway, I really recommend you to actually post the letter to Seventeen Magazine. You've raised a lot of important issues, and you never know, they might even take some suggestions from you.<br />Thanks for posting this, and good job on this letter!letoile19https://www.blogger.com/profile/04775145935792233349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159090215082945111.post-43824126669213589002010-08-02T01:03:45.857-05:002010-08-02T01:03:45.857-05:00Heck YES!!!Heck YES!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com