No stranger to an angry mob, Paul Merrill leaps to the defence of magazines as online petitions attempt to bring them down.
Magazines are under attack. First Zoo was forced into a grovelling apology for running a competition to find the ‘Hottest asylum seeker’ and then Cleo was pilloried for retouching models. In both cases, the weapon of choice was the online petition.
Unlike petitions where you’re stopped in the street, these simply need the click of a button and hey presto, it’s sent off to those concerned. They spread like wild fire through social media and are latched onto by newspapers as evidence of public opinion. Just look at the one targeting the advertisers on Alan Jones’s show running into the tens or hundreds of thousands. Overwhelming public opinion? Well, maybe, but still some way short of his breakfast audience who are probably wondering what the fuss is all about.
Magazines are under attack. First Zoo was forced into a grovelling apology for running a competition to find the ‘Hottest asylum seeker’ and then Cleo was pilloried for retouching models. In both cases, the weapon of choice was the online petition.
Unlike petitions where you’re stopped in the street, these simply need the click of a button and hey presto, it’s sent off to those concerned. They spread like wild fire through social media and are latched onto by newspapers as evidence of public opinion. Just look at the one targeting the advertisers on Alan Jones’s show running into the tens or hundreds of thousands. Overwhelming public opinion? Well, maybe, but still some way short of his breakfast audience who are probably wondering what the fuss is all about.
- 10/15/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
Cleo's response on Facebook
Girls magazine Cleo has responded to mounting pressure to stop airbrushing images of young girls by holding an online forum next week to discuss the matter.
The decision to respond to the petition, started by a woman who wants to launch her own photoshop-free magazine a fortnight ago, was announced on Cleo’s Facebook page.
The response reads:
As you guys may have noticed over the past few days, there’s been a lot of discussion on our Facebook page about retouching. Please be aware that we have been listening to what everyone is saying. We realise this is an issue that many of you are passionate about, however we feel that the voice of some of our regular readers is getting lost in the discussion. So we’re taking this opportunity to announce that we will be holding an open discussion about Cleo’s retouching practices.
Girls magazine Cleo has responded to mounting pressure to stop airbrushing images of young girls by holding an online forum next week to discuss the matter.
The decision to respond to the petition, started by a woman who wants to launch her own photoshop-free magazine a fortnight ago, was announced on Cleo’s Facebook page.
The response reads:
As you guys may have noticed over the past few days, there’s been a lot of discussion on our Facebook page about retouching. Please be aware that we have been listening to what everyone is saying. We realise this is an issue that many of you are passionate about, however we feel that the voice of some of our regular readers is getting lost in the discussion. So we’re taking this opportunity to announce that we will be holding an open discussion about Cleo’s retouching practices.
- 8/31/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Post on Cleo's Facebook page
A campaign to pressure Cleo magazine into changing its policy on digitally altering young girls has taken to social media, with women posting images of ‘real girls’ on Cleo’s Facebook page and demanding a change in the magazine’s policy on airbrushing.
Last week a petition was started by a woman named Jessica Barlow, who plans to launch her own women’s magazine that does not airbrush images of girl.
That petition, raised via Change.org, now has 13,000 signatures.
The campaign – called ‘Real Girls Cleo’ – has also taken to Twitter with the hashtag #realgirlscleo. It also has its own Facebook page.
One of the comments on Facebook read:
“Cleo, we’re not asking you to stop using “beautiful” girls in your magazine. We’re just asking that you use a range of beautiful girls, of different shapes and sizes, including skinny (because they are real too!
A campaign to pressure Cleo magazine into changing its policy on digitally altering young girls has taken to social media, with women posting images of ‘real girls’ on Cleo’s Facebook page and demanding a change in the magazine’s policy on airbrushing.
Last week a petition was started by a woman named Jessica Barlow, who plans to launch her own women’s magazine that does not airbrush images of girl.
That petition, raised via Change.org, now has 13,000 signatures.
The campaign – called ‘Real Girls Cleo’ – has also taken to Twitter with the hashtag #realgirlscleo. It also has its own Facebook page.
One of the comments on Facebook read:
“Cleo, we’re not asking you to stop using “beautiful” girls in your magazine. We’re just asking that you use a range of beautiful girls, of different shapes and sizes, including skinny (because they are real too!
- 8/23/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Cleo is not bowing to pressure from an activist group that wants the magazine to stop digitally altering pictures of young girls.
Last week, a petition was launched by a woman who urged the magazine to stop airbrushing young women. The petition has gained 12,000 signatures.
Cleo’s editor Gemma Crisp responded late on Friday by sending the protester the magazine’s list of guidelines on airbrushing.
The protester, Jessica Barlow, is working on a project to launch her own magazine, Brainwash Magazine, with a focus away from the typical women’s magazine topics of ‘sex, boys and appearance’.
Crisp has not responded to a number of calls from Mumbrella. However, Acp also sent Mumbrella its guidelines on airbrushing by way of a response.
The rules read as follows:
Cleo understands it’s a role model to its readers and takes its use of PhotoShop very seriously, which is why we...
Last week, a petition was launched by a woman who urged the magazine to stop airbrushing young women. The petition has gained 12,000 signatures.
Cleo’s editor Gemma Crisp responded late on Friday by sending the protester the magazine’s list of guidelines on airbrushing.
The protester, Jessica Barlow, is working on a project to launch her own magazine, Brainwash Magazine, with a focus away from the typical women’s magazine topics of ‘sex, boys and appearance’.
Crisp has not responded to a number of calls from Mumbrella. However, Acp also sent Mumbrella its guidelines on airbrushing by way of a response.
The rules read as follows:
Cleo understands it’s a role model to its readers and takes its use of PhotoShop very seriously, which is why we...
- 8/20/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
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