![]() ![]() "All the messages I get about people being thankful for me speaking out are worth it, and I'd do it a million times." #YEARBOOK PHOTOS ALTERED CODE#"The dress code and sexualization of young girls' bodies has been happening for a long time," she said. O'Keefe said no matter people say, she'll continue to advocate for herself and others. "If parents aren't teaching at home how daughters should dress and dress decently, then the school has to parent," said Rachel D'aquin. The photos of at least seven girls in Wasatch High School's yearbook were altered without notice to add sleeves to tank tops, raise necklines and in one case, cover up a student’s tattoo. I was disgusted."īut one mother of a tenth-grade daughter at the school said she's in favor of the dress code and the edits. "You're not only affecting their photo - it's not just for protecting them - you're making them uncomfortable and feel like their bodies aren't acceptable in a yearbook," O'Keefe added.įellow ninth-grader Zoe Iannone remarked to WJAX that, "They opened up the yearbook, saw pictures and that was the first thing they worried about. There had been rumors all day that the yearbook photos had been altered, said Riley O’Keefe, a ninth grader at Bartram Trail High School in St. John will pay back the 100 cost of the yearbook to anyone upset over their photoshopping - which was not applied to photos of male students in. "But then they looked at the boys, for the swim team photos and other sports photos and thought that was fine, and that's really upsetting and uncomfortable." The New York Times There had been rumors all day that the yearbook photos had been altered, said Riley O’Keefe, a ninth grader at Bartram Trail High School in St. Officials at Bartram Trail High School in St. ![]() #YEARBOOK PHOTOS ALTERED SKIN#"The double standard in the yearbook is more so that they looked at our body and thought just a little bit of skin showing was sexual," O'Keefe said. In one post she shares a project that was completed about a year ago for the Fairmont Hotel Group in Abu Dhabi. I was happy to come upon her new blog Su Blackwell Studio earlier this week. Ninth-grader Riley O'Keefe said the situation has grown much bigger than yearbook photos. If paper art typically catches your eye, then you may already be familiar with Su Blackwell, a creator of marvelous altered book sculptures. f8MjkZMDOwĮmbarrassed, ashamed and sexualized were the most common terms students used when describing how they felt. Parents and students are now asking for a major change. CBSNews May 24, 2021, 4:08 AM2 min read Controversy surrounds the digital alteration of photos in a northeast Florida high school's yearbook to cover up some skin exposed in the original photos. ![]() This is a before and after yearbook photo taken of Bartram Trail 9th grade high school student, Riley O’Keefe.She says it was deemed inappropriate by the school and photoshopped in the printed edition. (WFOX/WJAX) - A Florida high school is being criticized for altering 80 yearbook photos of female students that it deemed inappropriate and not in line with dress code. Before-and-after photos of several of the girls showed the clear edits, WJAX said. ![]()
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