Random House Proudly Promoting Eating Disorders [Evil Corporations In Action]

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Random House Proudly Promoting Eating Disorders [Evil Corporations In Action]
Ayyyy! found this 3/27/2008 on gawker.com [flag]
To publicize the re-release of teen fiction series Sweet Valley High , Random House Children's Books sent a letter to journalists highlighting the changes made to the content of the 1980s paperbacks. New cover girl Leven Rambin (pictured) was not mentioned, but just to make sure preteen and teenaged girl readers are sufficiently insecure about their bodies, the publisher made the "perfect" ... [link]

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Published 3/27/2008 by raincoaster at Ayyyy!
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Sweet Valley High re-release news
Published 3/27/2008 at OH NO!!
... The letter: Source 1 + 2

Splenda replaces sugar in the new 'Sweet Valley High' series
Published 3/27/2008 by Adrienne Day at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... were described as blonde, beautiful, and a "perfect size 6." Now bid welcome to a new, thinner, Sweet Valley High: Random House is reissuing 12 books from the original series with a few small editorial tweaks, one of which involves the slightly awkward issue of the Wakefield waistline. The twins' "perfect size 6" has been reduced to a "perfect size 4." Kudos, Random House, for not only introducing body-image issues to a whole new generations of young fans, but proudly trumpeting this point in the press release. ...

Should Older Books be Updated for a Modern Audience?
Published 3/28/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
... — a fact the publisher proudly trumpeted in a press release . It's as though Random House sat down with the '80s editions and thought, "huh, these unrealistic expectations just aren't quite unrealistic enough !" The Wakefield waistline isn't the only thing they've changed: Instead of a red Fiat, the girls now drive a red Jeep Wrangler (I thought they said 2008, not 1998!), and brainy Elizabeth edits her school's website and blogs rather than working for those boring dead tree things we used to call "newspapers." This reminded me of an ...