Good for Every Body
If only they had this when I was a teenager. Maybe I wouldn’t have obsessed when I had two pieces of Trident gum for lunch instead of one…Seventeen magazine is promoting "The Seventeen Body Peace Project." The year-long initiative launched this month. Each month in the magazine, with the advice of body image expert Jessica Weiner, Seventeen will tackle the mixed messages girls get from skinny celebrities, their body-critical mothers, and their friends who bond over how fat their thighs are.
To help spread the message of Body Peace, Seventeen is launching an online Body Peace Treaty that asks girls to pledge to stop obsessing about the shape of their bodies. From the treaty:
• Remember that the sun will still rise tomorrow even if I had one too many slices of pizza or an extra scoop of ice cream tonight.
• Never blame my body for the bad day I'm having.
• Stop joining in when my friends compare and trash their own bodies.
• Never allow a dirty look from someone else to influence how I feel about my appearance.
• Quit judging a person solely by how his or her body looks — even if it seems harmless — because I'd never want anyone to do that to me.
• Know that I'm already beautiful just the way I am.
Sounds good. But I do wonder if Seventeen won’t run ads with skinny mini models from now on or tell girls how they can “dress thinner.” Pass the Trident, indeed.
