When people
talk about “live in peace” slogan,
they usually think about the threat of
war with weapons and bombs in front of their house. There are different branches of war, and we can distinguish between them. Nature is diverse, and we are the part of it.
Nevertheless, for many people fight for their appearance against “authorities” of so-called “beauty world”
is very painful. That’s why I have decided to tell about the Body Positive
movement, which has attracted a lot
of people around the world.
The fundamental activities of this movement
encompass not only taking part in demonstrations, but also
stopping self-hating and forgetting about diets, operations of changing your
form of eyes on the European standard. People may paint their hair green and pink, men may wear dresses, and scars are not ugly.
Leaders of this movement, Connie
Sobczak and Elizabeth Scott, have their
own funding and colleagues who stand
on the guard of their ideas (I have
wrote their names in the timeline). The idea of the Body Positive Movement was a product of late-twentieth century, when the main topic among feminists was about issues of sexuality, challenging female heterosexuality and celebrating sexuality as a means of female empowerment. In 1996 there was a foundation of the Body Positive movement.
It often focuses on "micro-politics"and individual aspects of every woman.
From 2000 this idea began to develop. For people from this "society", a woman's right to control her own sexuality is a key issue. Feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon argue that women have very little control over their own bodies, with female sexuality (and outlook) being largely controlled and defined by men in patriarchal societies. Moreover, it is told, that women shouldn't be a sexual object even if they want to be beautiful. In 2000 there were formed these principles of this movement:
1. Love your body.
2. Find 10 things you love in yourself and remember about them.
3. Remind yourself that inner beauty is more important though you are beautiful all the time.
4. Don't focus on some parts of your body.
5. Try to be surrounded only by good people.
6. Wear what you like.
7. Be critical to mass media.
8. Show your body that you love it.
9. Don't spend your time on diets and counting callories - spend it on something useful.
Jessica Diaz began to work with the Body Positive as a high school peer leader in 2001. She has been working with the Body Positive to create curricula, develop and facilitate peer leadership trainings. She is also interested in writing blogs and participating in video projects. Moreover, Jessica represents the organization through speaking engagements and workshops nationwide.
Kelle Jacobs joined the Body Positive as a workshop participant in 2011. She has been trying to raise funding to bring The Body Positive’s peer leadership program to her local school district, and has provided support for organizing administrative tasks and marketing strategy.
A lot of ideas of the Body Positive has been introduced at the University of California, Berkeley, and in the newest book "Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight."
It often focuses on "micro-politics"and individual aspects of every woman.
From 2000 this idea began to develop. For people from this "society", a woman's right to control her own sexuality is a key issue. Feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon argue that women have very little control over their own bodies, with female sexuality (and outlook) being largely controlled and defined by men in patriarchal societies. Moreover, it is told, that women shouldn't be a sexual object even if they want to be beautiful. In 2000 there were formed these principles of this movement:
1. Love your body.
2. Find 10 things you love in yourself and remember about them.
3. Remind yourself that inner beauty is more important though you are beautiful all the time.
4. Don't focus on some parts of your body.
5. Try to be surrounded only by good people.
6. Wear what you like.
7. Be critical to mass media.
8. Show your body that you love it.
9. Don't spend your time on diets and counting callories - spend it on something useful.
Jessica Diaz began to work with the Body Positive as a high school peer leader in 2001. She has been working with the Body Positive to create curricula, develop and facilitate peer leadership trainings. She is also interested in writing blogs and participating in video projects. Moreover, Jessica represents the organization through speaking engagements and workshops nationwide.
Kelle Jacobs joined the Body Positive as a workshop participant in 2011. She has been trying to raise funding to bring The Body Positive’s peer leadership program to her local school district, and has provided support for organizing administrative tasks and marketing strategy.
A lot of ideas of the Body Positive has been introduced at the University of California, Berkeley, and in the newest book "Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight."
Women comprise the vast majority of such groups, because they face a greater number of
requirements than men. They stand up for
their right to be beautiful everyday and everywhere. I think it is great that
people want to have a say about what
they think is good or not, and not to be afraid of combats with people who have more conservative thoughts. As far as I
know, it is still a great problem to be
taken seriously, when we say, that people are not made of other people’s
thoughts. Every country must not only give a good education or a place of work
for somebody, but also ensure that
people merely won’t be abused
because of their appearance.
I want this
movement to bring about a new
outlook on the right to love your body. It would be great if the impact of the mass media (white women
who weight not more than 60 kilos and men who weight not less than 90) would be minimized. I believe that this
movement will win the respect of all
smart people on this planet and no one will hate him-/her- self anymore because
of interesting specificities of the body.
