The time has come to reveal more about the very exciting Endangered Species Australia: Preserving the Female Body which I blogged about just prior to Christmas. This special international event will see a series of summits take place globally throughout March 2011, challenging toxic constructs that contribute to teaching women and girls to criticise their bodies. The campaign will take a different form and focus in every country, but all will be focused on creating a new visual culture – one where the diverse beauty of women and girls is valued and magnified. You can learn more about the Australian event and participating partners here.
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We realise that not every person has the ability to travel to Melbourne to participate in the Australian Endangered Species event and that is why, like our counterparts in the USA we want to invite YOU – Readers, Bloggers, Facebookers and Tweeters to participate. If body image and self esteem is important to you, this is your chance to not only share your idea with me and your own readers, but have it be part of a global collection of ideas from London, Buenes Aires, Sao Paolo and New York.
So – here’s how you get involved!
I would love for you all to be a part of creating positive social change for girls and women Australia wide by sharing your thoughts in answer to one of the following questions. If you want to answer more than one – great!
- Why is body image important to you and what would you like to be your and your wider community’s body image legacy?
- What is your one big idea (or even ideas) as to how we can create a more positive body image culture that helps girls and women of all shapes and sizes love and respect their bodies.
- What is a significant part of the media, education, health and/or wider community that you believe needs to change to better support girls and women to have positive body image? What would you do to change it?
I am going to be emailing lots of wonderful Australian bloggers to invite them to participate in what I hope to be an inspirational collection of thoughts and ideas. Please know that you do not need to be an expert or academic in this area to contribute. Absolutely not! We want to hear YOUR ideas on this crucial topic. All entries will be presented to the Victorian Minister for Mental Health, Women’s Affairs and Community Services, Mary Woolridge, but also make up part of an international collective of brilliant ideas that will form part of a global movement as to how we can create a more positive body image culture worldwide.
All of your posts, emailed ideas and even comments below will be included and you are welcome to use the Endangered Species logo above - just copy and paste! All need to be submitted by Friday 25th February and please make sure you comment below with a link, or email me at beautifulyoublog@gmail.com so I can be sure to tweet your amazing idea and link it to both the Endangered Species Facebook Page and Beautiful You Facebook Page as well. That’s alot of people seeing your post that could become new fans and readers! Don’t forget to let me know if you have written your idea up or I won’t be able to collect your great thoughts.
Thanks Beautiful You. I cannot wait to read all your ideas and learn why body image is important to you. Let’s share and pool our collective ideas to help create a more appreciate, diverse and positive body image world. Just think of what you could be creating!
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This is a fantastic idea Julie! I will create something on We Heart Life on Saturday and email you the link!
Carly
That's great Carly! Thank you! You were one of the amazing bloggers I was going to contact to see if you would like to share your thoughts so you have beaten me to it. Please feel free to encourage your readers to blog as well. I can't wait to see as many ideas as possible.
I love this Julie!
I will work on something over the next few days too.
This is a topic I am very passionate about and you have given me some brilliant inspiration to get my ideas flowing – thank you
Sweeter Living – Amazing! Thank you. I have just linked to the We Heart Life website on the Endangered Species Facebook page and I shall now do the same for you! Can't wait to read your idea and post.
Thanks Julie. Have just posted about this and will check back in with my ideas soon x
Hi Julie,
wow, I am so happy to have found this site and I LOVE the ENDANGERED SPECIES concept. I would love to be involved. My work (mission, really!) is to change the way the next generation of girls experiences food, eating and their bodies…and empowering moms (because I believe in the VALUE of moms) to help bring about this change. I will submit some ideas to you and am glad to be connected to you.
My new website is currently being built, but here's the one pager that's up now:
http://www.dishingwithyourdaughters.com
Thanks so much,
Karen Schachter
Karen – Amazing! Welcome to Beautiful You. I look forward to reading your blog and hearing your ideas for Endangered Species.
"Long and lean, long and lean, long a…" Grrrr! Let's start thinking short is sexy, too, because it is!!
Julie,
Thanks for informing me so I could get involved! I wrote a post answering one of your questions here:
http://thesoundofamasai.blogspot.com/2011/02/body-image-and-preserving-female-body.html
Ophira
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