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* As skeptical as I can be about big businesses, I do appreciate this ad from Always. Have you heard about the #LikeAGirl campaign?
* Sarah Jenks is the founder of “Live More, Weigh Less” movement and conferences. She is so very brilliant in her approach to helping women love themselves and free themselves from the immense pressure we feel to be and look a certain way. In this blog post, “The Key to Feeling Sexy“, Sarah talks about how boudoir shoots helped her feel sexy and embrace herself. She writes about the experience:
“When I first posted these pictures, I was so nervous. Not because you can see my boobs or because my stomach is hanging out, but because I am so connected to that raw, sexy, feminine part of me that I feel naked and very vulnerable. But I am leaning into my edge to show you that there is nothing dangerous, slutty or bad about being sexy. Sexy is in all of us regardless of our age, size, background or relationship status and all we have to is take the time to get to know her.
And expressing and understanding the many layers, flavors and ranges of our sexy is what prevents our sexiness from sneaking up on us and make us feel confused, slutty and in danger. Intimately knowing our sexy is what keeps us safe, comfortable and in control.”
* United Front: Breasts without the Airbrush
This is so brilliant! I love that someone did this. Laura Dodsworth photographed 100 women’s breasts, ranging in age 19 to 101. Our media gives us such an unrealistic idea of what breasts actually look like, whether it be because of airbrushing or plastic surgery. It’s amazing how our society likes to hide what we are really like, in an effort to make the world seem less messy or more perfect. Cheers to you, Laura Dodsworth! You are doing good work!
(images above by Laura Dodsworth)
* One 14 year old girl comes up with a petition to ask Seventeen Magazine to chill with their photoshopping – and they do it! All she asked for was one un-photoshopped spread per issue. After 80,000 signatures on her petition, Seventeen agreed. Then the staff at Seventeen took it a step further by offering up a Body Peace Treaty that consists of eight vows that the entire staff signed…
