Re: Twisted perceptions of beauty...

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing - no wonder our society has such a warped sense of body image!

--Alana

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Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you seewomen look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. Theyreally bring it all into perspective.

point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of amakeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change yourhair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose100 pounds. At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what isinside. Th

at's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IEprocess!~*Mae*~

[Guest guest]

It was thanks to what I've learned on IE and this group that my daughter discovered the perfect topic for her required Public Speaking class for this final semester of college: The Role of the Fashion Industry in Our Perception of Female Beauty. Reading the prepatory research she did, watching the video of her speech, I learned a bundle. I only wish I had a good enough system to transfer the video to the web, because it's definitely something that I think every woman should hear. We have been so manipulated for centuries--even before the wonders of PhotoShop! (Not only that, but she got her class so involved in the speech that she got 158 pts out of 100--58 bonus points--for an A-double-plus on her first speech--and a classroom of 98% young women had a real paradigm shift awakening!)

Thanks for sharing - no wonder our society has such a warped sense of body image!

--Alana

-------------- Original message -------------- From: "mae_ander" <maetheprettyface>

Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you seewomen look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. Theyreally bring it all into perspective.

point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of amakeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change yourhair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose100 pounds. At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what isinside. Th at's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IEprocess!~*Mae*~

Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.

[Guest guest]

See if you can get someone to help your daughter download her video to

YouTube then we, and many others, can watch it! How neat that she took

such a meaningful and important topic and FLEW with it

YEA! for her! You must be so proud too - Katcha

>

>

> It was thanks to what I've learned on IE and this group that my

daughter

> discovered the perfect topic for her required Public Speaking class

for this

> final semester of college: The Role of the Fashion Industry in Our

Perception

> of Female Beauty. Reading the prepatory research she did, watching

the video

> of her speech, I learned a bundle. I only wish I had a good enough

system to

> transfer the video to the web, because it's definitely something

that I

> think every woman should hear. We have been so manipulated for

centuries--even

> before the wonders of PhotoShop! (Not only that, but she got her

class so

> involved in the speech that she got 158 pts out of 100--58 bonus

points--for an

> A-double-plus on her first speech--and a classroom of 98% young

women had a

> real paradigm shift awakening!)

>

> In a message dated 02/22/08 4:54:54 P.M. Central Standard Time,

> ajslinton@... writes:

>

> Thanks for sharing - no wonder our society has such a warped sense

of body

> image!

>

> --

> Alana

>

>

> ------------------------<WBR>-- Original mes---

>

>

> Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

> women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

> really bring it all into perspective.

>

> _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo & <WBR>feature=re_

> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-T8Y0AIj9k)

>

> _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo & <WBR>feature=re_

> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLpRxAmCrw)

>

> _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo & <WBR>feature=rel

> _ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related)

> The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

> makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

> hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

> 100 pounds.

>

> At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

> inside. Th at's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

> process!

>

> ~*Mae*~

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL

Living.

>

(http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/

> 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)

>

[Guest guest]

What is amazing is that I, too, did a project for a speech class on

how the media portrays women. It wasn't easy, standing in a room full

of mostly much younger students (I was in my mid 20s) who were mostly

slim, when I was 200+ pounds over weight. But I did it, and it

resonated...

And yet, I failed to take home the messages I was sending out! I still

felt horrible about myself. I still dreamed of having the body of a

" plus " sized model... but I'll never have those bodies, because they

are airbrushed and manipulated to such a degree that they aren't - and

can't be - real anyway.

Besides, I am not built that way. I haven't got those natural curves

all the plus-sized models do. I've got big boobs, a flat ass and no

waist. That's not belittling myself, just accepting it. No matter how

thin I got, I'd never have an " hourglass " shaped figure... and so what

was I doing all this time before IE? I was chasing a unicorn... the

unicorn being my " ideal " body. It can't exist, and now I know that and

I'm coming to accept what I do have and be okay with it. It's not

easy... but I am getting there, and videos like these certainly help!

Also, if you go to YouTube, search on Size Ate. Her show is amazing

and I'd love to see it someday.

>

>

> It was thanks to what I've learned on IE and this group that my

daughter

> discovered the perfect topic for her required Public Speaking class

for this

> final semester of college: The Role of the Fashion Industry in Our

Perception

> of Female Beauty. Reading the prepatory research she did, watching

the video

> of her speech, I learned a bundle. I only wish I had a good enough

system to

> transfer the video to the web, because it's definitely something

that I

> think every woman should hear. We have been so manipulated for

centuries--even

> before the wonders of PhotoShop! (Not only that, but she got her

class so

> involved in the speech that she got 158 pts out of 100--58 bonus

points--for an

> A-double-plus on her first speech--and a classroom of 98% young

women had a

> real paradigm shift awakening!)

>

> In a message dated 02/22/08 4:54:54 P.M. Central Standard Time,

> ajslinton@... writes:

>

> Thanks for sharing - no wonder our society has such a warped sense

of body

> image!

>

> --

> Alana

>

>

> ------------------------<WBR>-- Original mes---

>

>

> Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

> women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

> really bring it all into perspective.

>

> _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo & <WBR>feature=re_

> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-T8Y0AIj9k)

>

> _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo & <WBR>feature=re_

> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHLpRxAmCrw)

>

> _http://www.youtube.http://wwwhttp://www.yo & <WBR>feature=rel

> _ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related)

> The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

> makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

> hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

> 100 pounds.

>

> At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

> inside. Th at's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

> process!

>

> ~*Mae*~

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL

Living.

>

(http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/

> 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)

>

[Guest guest]

mae_ander wrote:

>Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

>women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

>really bring it all into perspective.

>

>

>

>

>

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

>

>The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

>makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

>hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

>100 pounds.

>

>At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

>inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

>process!

>

>~*Mae*~

>

>

I don't know. I just don't get it. I watched only the first one and my

husband came by, asked about the music, what was I watching, and I said

" I don't know. " Was what Mae thought what other people got out of this.

I just thought it was as weird as can be and I didn't get it.

Alison

[Guest guest]

Alison - the point was that with photo manipulation software, you can

do anything to anyone. You can make a person look completely

different. So when we see models and actresses photographed for

magazines and the like, it's worth remembering that the person

probably looks completely different before the makeup artists and

photo editors get them.

>

> >Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

> >women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

> >really bring it all into perspective.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

> >

> >The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

> >makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

> >hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

> >100 pounds.

> >

> >At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

> >inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

> >process!

> >

> >~*Mae*~

> >

> >

> I don't know. I just don't get it. I watched only the first one and my

> husband came by, asked about the music, what was I watching, and I said

> " I don't know. " Was what Mae thought what other people got out of this.

> I just thought it was as weird as can be and I didn't get it.

> Alison

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you

see

> women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos.

They

> really bring it all into perspective.

>

>

>

>

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

>

Wow, Mae, I hadn't seen that first one before. Amazing! And angry-

making!!! No wonder so many of us feel inadequate - we're trying to

live up to a reality (bombarded at us daily) which JUST DOESN'T EXIST!

sigi

[Guest guest]

Mae,

Thanks so much for sharing these. I haven’t

seen the first one before. I absolutely love the films that Dove is doing (they

have several now). It really just goes to show you that no one can achieve the

media’s standards for beauty. Why even try, it’s not possible. Be

happy right here, right now and get on with your life! I love it.

Thanks!

Gillian

Gillian

Hood-son, MS, ACSM

Get your report, " The 6 Steps to

Guilt-Free Eating " by visiting http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com

Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars

beginning March 6th and April 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com

From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mae_ander

Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008

1:46 PM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject:

Twisted perceptions of beauty...

Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison

to what you see

women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

really bring it all into perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

100 pounds.

At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

process!

~*Mae*~

[Guest guest]

okay, I'll accept your explanation. It just doesn't make sense to me,

but neither does airbrushing photos in amagazine. I heard Whoopie

Goldberg on the View talk about being airbrushed for a magazine cover

and it made her really angry because it no longer looked like her. I

just think it's silly. Maybe I'm just not enough in the midst of

popular culture to get it. As I said I only saw the first one and I

thought she looked much better at the beginning. In fact, I thought she

looked amazing. She looked so unnatural at the end that I thought it

was ugly so I didn't get the purpose. Be that as it is, I'll accept

your explanation. Thanks, Mae.

Alison

mae_ander wrote:

Alison - the point was that with photo manipulation software, you can

do anything to anyone. You can make a person look completely

different. So when we see models and actresses photographed for

magazines and the like, it's worth remembering that the person

probably looks completely different before the makeup artists and

photo editors get them.

Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

really bring it all into perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

100 pounds. At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

process!

~*Mae*~

I don't know. I just don't get it. I watched only the first one and my husband came by, asked about the music, what was I watching, and I said "I don't know." Was what Mae thought what other people got out of this. I just thought it was as weird as can be and I didn't get it.

Alison

[Guest guest]

Gillian - I have mixed feelings about the Dove ads. On the one hand,

they are a definite step in the right direction. On the other hand,

they are still selling products that indicate we have something

" wrong " with us that needs " fixing " - like " firming cream " which they

now sell using women who look like they'd need firming, at least by

societal standards (they all looked pretty good to me, but I realize

it's a perspective thing).

So I think Dove has the right idea, in part... but not sure they are

" there " yet, either.

>

> Mae,

>

>

>

> Thanks so much for sharing these. I haven't seen the first one before. I

> absolutely love the films that Dove is doing (they have several now). It

> really just goes to show you that no one can achieve the media's

standards

> for beauty. Why even try, it's not possible. Be happy right here,

right now

> and get on with your life! I love it.

>

>

>

> Thanks!

> Gillian

>

> Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM

> Get your report, " The 6 Steps to Guilt-Free Eating " by visiting

> http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com <http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/>

>

>

> Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars beginning March 6th and

April

> 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com

>

> _____

>

> From: IntuitiveEating_Support

> [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mae_ander

> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:46 PM

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Subject: Twisted perceptions of beauty...

>

>

>

> Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

> women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

> really bring it all into perspective.

>

> http://www.youtube.

> <

> com/watch?v=x-T8Y0AIj9k & feature=related

>

> http://www.youtube.

> <

> com/watch?v=aHLpRxAmCrw & feature=related

>

> http://www.youtube.

> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related>

> com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

>

> The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

> makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

> hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

> 100 pounds.

>

> At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

> inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

> process!

>

> ~*Mae*~

>

[Guest guest]

Alison, if you are fortunate enough to be untouched by the media,

that's really wonderful... it's just that a lot of women, and

especially younger women and teens, are so influenced by it, that it's

hard for them to accept themselves as is. The point I was making is

that we compare ourselves (not you, obviously) to these images and

they are not only unrealistic, but often completely false! So better

to accept and love ourselves as we are, because that's the only thing

that matters - our own reality.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>>Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

> >>>women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos.

They

> >>>really bring it all into perspective.

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

> >>>

> >>>The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

> >>>makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

> >>>hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

> >>>100 pounds.

> >>>

> >>>At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

> >>>inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

> >>>process!

> >>>

> >>>~*Mae*~

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>I don't know. I just don't get it. I watched only the first one

and my

> >>husband came by, asked about the music, what was I watching, and I

said

> >> " I don't know. " Was what Mae thought what other people got out of

this.

> >>I just thought it was as weird as can be and I didn't get it.

> >>Alison

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Mae,

Thanks for sharing this. I haven’t seen the commercials for the firming

cream. I will have to look into this more. I was considering doing some kind of

donation program to the Self-Esteem Fund but I will have to investigate this

more. They are most certainly doing more than a lot of companies, but maybe

there are other more deserving organizations I can contribute to.

Thanks!

Gillian

Gillian

Hood-son, MS, ACSM

Get your report, " The 6 Steps to

Guilt-Free Eating " by visiting http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com

Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars

beginning March 6th and April 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com

From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mae_ander

Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008

10:28 AM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject:

Re: Twisted perceptions of beauty...

Gillian - I have mixed feelings about the Dove ads. On

the one hand,

they are a definite step in the right direction. On the other hand,

they are still selling products that indicate we have something

" wrong " with us that needs " fixing " - like " firming

cream " which they

now sell using women who look like they'd need firming, at least by

societal standards (they all looked pretty good to me, but I realize

it's a perspective thing).

So I think Dove has the right idea, in part... but not sure they are

" there " yet, either.

>

> Mae,

>

>

>

> Thanks so much for sharing these. I haven't seen the first one before. I

> absolutely love the films that Dove is doing (they have several now). It

> really just goes to show you that no one can achieve the media's

standards

> for beauty. Why even try, it's not possible. Be happy right here,

right now

> and get on with your life! I love it.

>

>

>

> Thanks!

> Gillian

>

> Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM

> Get your report, " The 6 Steps to Guilt-Free Eating " by visiting

> http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com

<http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/>

>

>

> Check out our upcoming Am I Hungry? seminars beginning March 6th and

April

> 1st: http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com

>

> _____

>

> From: IntuitiveEating_Support

> [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ]

On Behalf Of mae_ander

> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:46 PM

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Subject: Twisted perceptions of beauty...

>

>

>

> Next time you feel badly about yourself in comparison to what you see

> women look like in magazines or on TV, watch one of these videos. They

> really bring it all into perspective.

>

> http://www.youtube.

> <

> com/watch?v=x-T8Y0AIj9k & feature=related

>

> http://www.youtube.

> <

> com/watch?v=aHLpRxAmCrw & feature=related

>

> http://www.youtube.

> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related>

> com/watch?v=pcFlxSlOKNI & feature=related\

>

> The point is, anyone can acheive fake beauty, with the help of a

> makeup artist and photo manipulation software. You can change your

> hair, your eyes, erase a double chin, get a nose job... you can lose

> 100 pounds.

>

> At the end of the day, none of this is real - what is real is what is

> inside. That's what we all need to hold on to as we go through the IE

> process!

>

> ~*Mae*~

>