National Love Your Body Day
October 21, 2009 by jane
Filed under Events, Pretty Good
A headline from the Tucker Center blog alerted me to the fact that today is Love Your Body Day. The Tucker Center, by the way, is a think tank at the University of Minnesota that studies girls and women in sport. Lots of great resources and definitely worth checking out.
So, today is the 12th annual National Love Your Body Day sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW).
According to NOW, “This campaign is a giant shout out to the fashion, beauty, diet and advertising industries: No more fake images! Show us real women, diverse women, strong women, bold women. And to the women and girls who are targeted by messages telling them that the key to success and happiness is manufactured beauty, we say: It’s okay to “Be You” — the true you is beautiful.”
How do you celebrate Love Your Body Day?
NOW has a list of suggestions:
- Host an indulgence party,
- Stage ‘real women’ beauty pageant,
- Watch a thought-provoking movie, or
- Promise to do more.
- Take the love your body quiz, and encourage your friends to do it, too.
- Don’t forget to enter NOW’s poster content!
- No matter how much time you have, you can find the time to love your body!
If you sometimes feel that Hollywood and the fashion, cosmetics and diet industries work hard to make us believe that our bodies are unacceptable and need constant improvement, this is your time to fight back.
The Tucker Center, NOW and other advocates for women want to see real women in realistic portrayals, doing the variety of things women do in their daily lives….including images of female athletes, coaches, and referees in action and “on the court”.
See if you can be one of those making a difference. Love YOUR body.
