Announcing the #BodyThanks Event

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If I asked you what you are thankful for right now…what would you say? Would you say you are thankful for your health? Your family and friends? Your job or the view from your bedroom window? All of those and more, I would imagine. We’re grateful for our kids and for our family pets and [...]

Missing the Point of the Whole Revolution

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  A celebrity put on a few pounds and the media responds by calling her fat. Hardly surprising. She responds by posting half-naked pictures of herself on her site and confessing to the world that she has suffered from anorexia and bulimia since she was 15, thereby launching the Body Revolution, and is praised (in [...]

Ducks, PhotoShop, and Truth in Advertising

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Let’s talk numbers, shall we?   – 42% of girls in grades 1-3 want to be thinner – 51% of 9-10 year old girls feel better about themselves when they’re dieting – 53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies; by the time they’re 17, 78% of them will be – By [...]