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I couldn't help but want to post this here when I received it via email. On this forum a lot of us talk about our self image and question if we'll ever be happy with who we are physically. I know for myself I do want to look comparable to the model on the cover of the magazine, although I don't find that I'm overly obsessed by it, some of us are. So just to put things in a bit of perspective here ya go....
 
wow....that puts it in a different prespective...
 
It's actually pretty sad because most of the magazine/billboard ads are in fact photoshoped just like that.
 
That is a provoking video. One thing we shouldn't lose sight of, is someone who seeks to be healthy and fit, is not the same as someone who seeks to go beyond his/her genetic capacity (ie. blue eyes, high cheek bones, symmetrical features).
 
Wow, I was really impressed by this video. This along with some Italian fashion designers turning away "skeletal" models show that there is hope after all.

Society has made my wife think she is fat. She says is constantly, but I think she is beautiful and I wouldn't change a thing about her.
 
I'm so glad you all felt the impact I felt....If you want chills watch the other videos next to it....one of them is interviews with girls young and teenaged, and it actually woke me up to feelings I have about myself.
 
I love that video...thank you for posting it. :)

I watched the other ones on the right side...and my lord. Very powerful messages.
 
That was incredible, it gave me chills to realize just how distorted things like that are.

Watching the other stuff - daughters, little girls - those made me cry. I now have a daughter (8 mos old) and the thought of her ever feeling like that b/c of some ana-model just breaks my heart completely. Seriously, those were little girls! I just can't imagine already having such a negative self image at such a young age.
 
deschain said:
That was incredible, it gave me chills to realize just how distorted things like that are.

Watching the other stuff - daughters, little girls - those made me cry. I now have a daughter (8 mos old) and the thought of her ever feeling like that b/c of some ana-model just breaks my heart completely. Seriously, those were little girls! I just can't imagine already having such a negative self image at such a young age.
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RIGHT!!! Ugh, brings me back to being 12/13 yrs old, my chest decided to grow three cup sizes that summer- All the kids made fun of me :eek: I hated myself!! I would go home and cry, and feel so ashamed!! But on the other side, when all my friends were developing and I wasn't I was called chicken breast!! I was ripped on for being flat!! Weird, nothing is every perfect- too fat, too thin, to short, to tall - OK I'll stop!! Wow this brought back hurtful memories!!:rolleyes:
 
thanks shells, this is a great video to put in here, and so is the one next to it the interview with real daughters, its sad to see how nowadays the little girls images of a perfect body, really are very imperfect.
i deal with these self image problems everyday at my dancing school, you would not beleive how many girls i have to correct on a regular basis saying, "no! you are not fat! you are very healthy!"
and a fitness forum is a great place for a video that shows just that!
 
Wow. That's freaky lol, didn't know SO MUCH went into it. *transformers theme plays*

That's why I like natural beauty :)
 
Wow, that's a fantastic video, I like the others from that campaign too.

Were they released as TV ads over in the states? Advertising is kind of my business and I'd love to be able to give recognition to them in some way
 
CCR said:
Wow, that's a fantastic video, I like the others from that campaign too.

Were they released as TV ads over in the states? Advertising is kind of my business and I'd love to be able to give recognition to them in some way
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My friend from NC emailed it to me, not sure where she got it from - I'll find out!:)
 
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