Shape Magazine has really done it now. A woman by the name of Brooke Birmingham, lost an astounding 172 lbs. She was to be featured in its pages. Upon interviewing the 28 year-old woman, and getting her to send a photo of herself to accompany the article, they rejected her. They suggested she put on a shirt. -_-

“My editors were hoping you could send over a different after photo. (You look ah-mazing, of course, but they are looking to include one with a shirt),” Birmingham’s contact wrote.

The front page of the site boasts at least 5 women in (barely there) T shirts and crop tops, posing in rather sexual poses. a small paragraph can be seen along the heavily photo-shopped "dream girls." It reads:

Shape Magazine http://subscribe.shape.com/Shape/Magazine

Looking for some useful health and exercise tips? Shape is the total fitness magazine for the active woman. Upbeat, lively and truthful! Shape gives instantly useful techniques to make exercise more varied and fun, trim fat and add fiber to menus, and keep today's woman challenged and motivated to look and feel her best.

Sure...

Birmingham responded to their claims on her own website http://brookenotonadiet.com/2014/05/02/refuse-put-shirt/ Saying, “Really? Have you logged on to Shape’s website lately?” she wrote. “You can find MANY women in bikinis on the site.”

All manipulated to look perfect whilst lying to us saying, "Shape gives instantly useful techniques to... trim fat." Ok so I use your little method. Obviously the results they claim you can get are not possible. Birmingham agreed. When she refused to do the feature, she blogged about the experience on her instead.

“This is the type of body they should have featured, because it can give people hope,” she wrote. “Hope that they can lose weight healthfully and even if they don’t end up with airbrushed abs of steel, they’re gorgeous and shouldn’t be ashamed of whatever imperfection they believe they have.”

Truth. Im going to be writing about something like this in my fanfiction. (spoiler :3) A little filly learns its ok to be different. That she should appreciate and respect her beauty. This article was something I just stumbled upon in my search for something else (may blog about it later.. lol) and I had to stop and read it. ( I'll link the article below) 172 ponds is alot of weight. I commend this woman on her achievements. I know its not easy to commit like that.

SOURCE:http://http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/05/07/this-mom-lost-weight-fitness-magazine-wont-show-her-stomach

Entry Image: http://www.brookenotonadiet.com