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Jan. 27, 2012 @ 4:35 PM _

thedailywhat: Too Sexy For My School of the Day: Controversy at Durango High School in Colorado, where student editors of the yearbook rejected a photo of senior Sydney Spies for being too sexy. Students at Durango are allowed to pick their own photos and submit them for inclusion in the yearbook. Spies and her mother chose one that student editors deemed too provocative for the school’s annual book of record. “We are an award-winning yearbook,” said editor Brian Jaramillio. “We don’t want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional.” The Durango Herald originally reported that it was the administration’s call, but student editors have since come forward to take responsibility. “If she (Spies) chooses to, the picture will run as her senior ad, not her senior portrait,” said Tevan Trujillo, another editor. Despite the students’ claim, Spies herself still feels the administration had a hand in the final decision. “The editors all turned their backs on me and changed their minds,” she says. “I really do feel like they were intimidated by the principal.” Spies added that she feels her freedom of expression is being infringed upon. She and her mother were scheduled to meet with DHS principal Diane Lashinsky yesterday.  [romenesko.] OPINIONS?

thedailywhat:

Too Sexy For My School of the Day: Controversy at Durango High School in Colorado, where student editors of the yearbook rejected a photo of senior Sydney Spies for being too sexy.

Students at Durango are allowed to pick their own photos and submit them for inclusion in the yearbook. Spies and her mother chose one that student editors deemed too provocative for the school’s annual book of record.

“We are an award-winning yearbook,” said editor Brian Jaramillio. “We don’t want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional.”

The Durango Herald originally reported that it was the administration’s call, but student editors have since come forward to take responsibility. “If she (Spies) chooses to, the picture will run as her senior ad, not her senior portrait,” said Tevan Trujillo, another editor.

Despite the students’ claim, Spies herself still feels the administration had a hand in the final decision. “The editors all turned their backs on me and changed their minds,” she says. “I really do feel like they were intimidated by the principal.”

Spies added that she feels her freedom of expression is being infringed upon. She and her mother were scheduled to meet with DHS principal Diane Lashinsky yesterday. 

[romenesko.]

OPINIONS?

  1. everaftering reblogged this from feministblackboard and added:
    Lol I though it was a porn shoot. Very tasteless
  2. celeste-hartman reblogged this from grapegatsby
  3. somefilthylittlemudblood reblogged this from thedailywhat
  4. onemoondance reblogged this from feministblackboard and added:
    For a high school, yes I think they have the right to say a picture is too provocative. This isn’t alarming in any way,...
  5. doitsillylady reblogged this from feministblackboard and added:
    Umm I don’t know about you but I think I’d want my senior picture to be of me not looking like a streetwalker…
  6. star-tears reblogged this from feministblackboard and added:
    She needs a shirt, and I’m not saying because she’s a girl but because everyone should have a shirt on. OIf she had a...
  7. aferg reblogged this from feministblackboard and added:
    if i were her mom i would not let this happen what the actual fuck. this doesn’t have anything to do with the yearbook...
  8. christinathena reblogged this from feministblackboard
  9. feministblackboard reblogged this from thedailywhat
  10. fuckingstupid reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    fuck cares? This reads...an Onion media satire.
  11. hollahollabangbang reblogged this from erin-the-alleycat and added:
    LOL^^. Also, why did she choose to wear a scarf as a tube-top?
  12. hairlikethat reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    hell chooses this
  13. bensgspot reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    laminating costs
  14. hacklicious reblogged this from thedailywhat
  15. lovee-andreaa reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    OMG I READ THIS SHIT ON THE INTERNET LOL
  16. maries2cute said: this is stupid and ridiculous….why is this even a post?
  17. jaded-empath reblogged this from zyxst and added:
    It has nothing to do with oppressive school administration, and EVERYTHING to do with a few people chosen to do...
  18. photovoltaicsheep reblogged this from krazykitsune and added:
    to quote my boyfriend, “It looks like the lead in to a Playboy Spread.” Yeah, it’s inappropriate for a high school year...
  19. todayistheday reblogged this from shitsandwich and added:
    I got a question fellaz. would u buss?
  20. therealrastared reblogged this from thedailywhat
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