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Redefining beauty

'Selfie' project encourages girls to see beauty in their own way

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JMS teacher Jennifer Bohn-Snapp's students recently completed a "selfie" project, where the girls and their moms, or other influential female figure, each used their cell phone to snap a self-portrait. The pictures were taken with no filters or editing, and then submitted for a gallery showing in the library.

With scantily clad, perfectly toned models on magazine covers, pop music stars with skin that appears flawless and television shows dedicated to exploring which “hot” woman will snag the even-hotter bachelor, it’s tough to be a girl these days.

However, students in Jennifer Bohn-Snapp’s classes at Jemtegaard Middle School in Washougal aren’t letting these images define beauty for them.

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