Reality check or Seventeen.

• Position: Media - unedited photos of girls in Seventeen magazine - Brief article

Julia Bluhm, 14, of Waterville, Maine, had some issues with Seventeen magazine. She thought the doctored images of blemish-free models were hurting girls' self-esteem. So in April, she started an online petition asking the magazine to change its photo-retouching policies, and more than 84,000 people signed it. In response, Seventeen drafted a "Body Peace Treaty." While the treaty doesn't promise to stop digitally altering photos altogether, it does commit to using images of only "real girls and models" who are a healthy weight. In addition, the magazine now takes...