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Love
Your Body Day is Wednesday, October 19
Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror?
Hollywood
and the fashion, cosmetics and diet industries work hard to make each of us
believe that our bodies are unacceptable and need constant improvement. Print
ads and television commercials reduce us to body parts -- lips, legs, breasts
-- airbrushed and touched up to meet impossible standards. TV shows tell
women and teenage girls that cosmetic surgery is good for self-esteem. Is it
any wonder that 80% of U.S.
women are dissatisfied with their appearance?
Women and girls spend
billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, fashion, magazines and diet
aids. These industries can't use negative images to sell their products
without our assistance.
Together, we can fight back.
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 Hot Off the Press: The 2011 Posters Are Here!
Order the 2011
Love Your Body Poster. Supplies are limited, so place
your order NOW!
The Let's Talk About
It
project is encouraging women to speak up and speak out about body image -- on
camera. It is a unique video campaign, providing a space for women and girls
to talk about struggles and success with body image. Read the press release.
If you're on Twitter,
you can follow NationalNOW and use the hashtag
#lybd to talk about Love Your Body Day and the things you are doing to
celebrate! You can also find NOW on Facebook, where we also have a
Love Your Body Cause.
Now
Showing!
Sex, Stereotypes and
Beauty: The ABCs and Ds of Commercial Images of Women
 This presentation
illustrates and describes how advertisers and the media enforce unrealistic
beauty standards, sexual ideals and gender stereotypes that girls and women
are expected to follow. What is the impact of these images, and what can YOU
do? Find
out.
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