Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Spring Body Image Challenge Day 8

Today, remind yourself that what you see in the media is NOT REAL. It is not real life, it is hours and hours of hair, wardrobe, make-up, and even then it is not good enough so pictures are photoshopped out of reality, heads are put on different bodies and parts of body parts are deleted. In the media we are taught to believe that we are our parts....our thighs, our hips, our belly, our arms.....our "troubled area" Instead of thinking of your body in parts...think of yourself as a WHOLE human being. You are all of you, not your thighs, not your butt....you are a living, breathing, thinking, person. This may sound silly, but if you struggle with body image this may strike a cord with you, at least it did me. 

Photo: We agree with what Emma Watson has to say, and we hope you'll listen in, too-- our bodies are functional, not ornamental, and we deserve a life full of living rather than degrading ourselves as we try to work to look a certain way. 

For more on how to love your body, check out http://www.beautyredefined.net/loving-your-body-101/.

Photo: Sorry,  Target. We're #notbuyingit. This latest Photoshop Fail on a JUNIORS swimsuit model is just one example of how industries are coming up with unattainable ideals for us at every turn, including the “thigh gap” (which most women don’t have naturally). These ideals are so unreal that even models and beauty icons can’t meet these standards, so they are #Photoshopped EVERY TIME. These latest examples from Target are so egregious that we're hoping they're an act of rebellion from someone on the inside! Read more about why we need to recognize and reject the thigh gap as an ideal for all bodies here: http://www.beautyredefined.net/mind-the-thigh-gap/
""Sorry, Target. We're #notbuyingit. This latest Photoshop Fail on a JUNIORS swimsuit model is just one example of how industries are coming up with unattainable ideals for us at every turn- Beauty Redefined

Don't be fooled into believing you are just something to be looked at! That is not what your body is for. And you are in real life. These pictures are not.

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