Are you desensitized to body image news?
This post is from Voice in Recovery, an amazing blogger that should be added to your daily reading list. The message here is one we believe will resonate with the WATRD community. Looking forward to your feedback! Be sure to check out Voice in Recovery! ————– When I first read the survey in the UK [...]
We Are The Real Deal Voted Best Body Image Blog
Ashley Solomon, Psy.D created the Nourishing Body Image Awards to honor those individuals and organizations that make a difference in enhancing the way that each of looks at our bodies, minds, and souls. Pretty nifty cause. Below are ALL the winners, take a peek through, you’ll find some awesome sites to keep you kickin’ some [...]
American Appalling!
April 12, 2011 by Snezna
Filed under Media Literacy
I loathe to give this fashion label anymore publicity than they are obviously craving and by doing so am probably buying right into their play of controversy to spark attention, but their kiddy pornography disguised as advertising or indeed art, as some, creative types would deem it, makes American Apparel simply appalling. I came across [...]
How did a diet go from losing weight to losing hope?
I figure many of us relate to this ad from the National Eating Disorder Assocation (NEDA). When I saw it, it struck such an emotional chord with me because the statement is so sadly true. Below, I posted two others the check out, great campaign to raise awareness of eating disorders! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this [...]
Emme: We need to push boundaries on what represents “health”
Jenna at Jezebel interviewed legendary full-figured model, cancer survivor, author, blogger, former television news reporter, you-name-it, Emme. I am posting in verbatim since it’s quite compelling and it provides great info on some of the new efforts related to body image. -mV — Given her years of industry experience, and her more recent work as [...]
The Turn Me Red Society
This group reached out to me on mamavision.com and I really dig their mission, thought you would too. Love ya girls, mV ____ There’s something wrong with a female who hates her own kind. For most of us, the pressure to silence ourselves–to please everyone else BUT ourselves–has made us feel cramped, stifled, even lifeless [...]
Friday is National Wear Red Day!
You might recall a few weeks ago I did a post about American Heart Month.
Body Image Activism
WeAreTheRealDeal is a community of body image activists, collectively dedicated to providing a forum for all women to discuss body image issues. Our contributors are dieters, former disordered eaters, fat acceptance advocates, health at every size experts, and everything in between. Mission About History Some Basic Facts About the Media’s Influence in Our Lives: • [...]
Today’s the Day
January 20, 2010 by lissa10279
Filed under Activism
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbljhS4xDlU&hl=en_US&fs=1&]February is just around the corner, and aside from being known as the month that includes Valentine’s Day, it is also American Heart Month. As body image advocates, we know that when we take good care of our bodies – in particular, our hearts – we, in turn, feel good about ourselves. It’s a win-win [...]
Hope Amid Helplessness for Haiti
Watching all the devastation following the earthquake in Haiti Tuesday, I couldn’t help but feel — like so many of us watching it unfold– absolutely helpless.
