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Teenage magazines

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Celebrity. Fashion. Make-up. It seems like these are the only subjects editors pack teen magazines with nowadays.

I don't know about you, but frankly as a young woman I'm offended by it, because I know my life doesn't revolve around the likes of Paris Hilton.

Magazines bombard young girls with a world of superficiality from who an A-list celebrity is dating, to what they're wearing and where to get it from. There is so much emphasis focused on the external aspect of life and things unattainable by the average person.

I would create a magazine that breaks the mould, that represents your average teenager. I would inspire self-esteem, and show appreciation of the different shapes and sizes real women come in and expanding society's idea of what beauty is.

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