http://www.foundthemarbles.com/2012/07/positive-body-image/

This article is unique to me, it describes the petition that I am currently creating this blog for, but the writer was an editor for Vogue magazine and provides an insight and analysis of what goes on behind the scenes, here is an excerpt from the article. "When I was a teenage girl (too many years ago), even at my thinnest I did not feel thin enough though I compared myself more to my friends than to what I saw in the pages of magazines. Today, as a mom of boys I do not witness girls going through the glossies nor see their reactions as they glance at the pages. So while I adore magazines and have personally not been affected by images in them, I absolutely love what Julia Bluhm is trying to accomplish and support any move that will help girls and young women to have stronger self-esteem and a positive body image." She also goes on to say that magazines absolutely target "beautiful" people and stuff to help sell their items, and she went on and described that designers need to target clothing lines that cater to women who are full bodied and have average bodies.