There is nothing remotely real estate about this post, so just move on to the next one if you feel ActiveRain is for real estate topics only. That being said, this is a really neat video that could give you some ideas to use in YOUR own video marketing.
You may assume this post is about breast cancer awareness, based on the title and knowing October is breast-cancer awareness month. Actually, it's about somethingn else.
Reflections Body Image Program debuts today with this video about another situation affecting thousands millions of women who have struggled with dissatisfaction about their body image at some time in their lives... perhaps you, your wife, your mother, daughter, neighbor, or best friend.
This is Fat Talk Free Week (October 13-17), a nationwide public awareness campaign designed to draw attention to the damaging impact of the "thin ideal" for women.
It also coincides with the official public debut of Reflections: Body Image Program - a revolutionary body image education and eating disorders prevention program co-developed by Carolyn Becker, Ph.D. FAED, of Trinity University, local sororities on her campus, and Delta Delta Delta Sorority's Center for Living, Learning and Leading (under the leadership of my daughter Susan Woda, the Center's Senior Director of Operations).
Seventeen Magazine, National Organization for Women (N.O.W.), the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) have endorsed this program, and it's probably coming soon to a campus near you. While this program is targeted specifically to college women, I think a "Fat Talk Free Week" is something we all might try.
For more information, check out the Reflections website and, if you didn't already watch THIS VIDEO, check it out now. It's not clinical or lecturing, I promise. 'Just a catchy, creative and thought-provoking flash video that you will enjoy while learning something.
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Very interesting video Margaret! Unfortunately, it's not going to change much by talking! It is ingraved in our brains generation after generation. It will take many years of fighting the mainstream culture and teaching our children from an early age that healthy & fit does not mean skin & bones!
That was a very positive message.....and if someone does not have a healthy self esteem....then they really get hurt by remarks.
I always stress the importance of success lies within.....and it does. And this ridiculous notion that we're all good if we're all skinny is not a healthy ideal.
Thanks for the link and I enjoyed the video...
Sally - Thank you for your feedback... I wasn't sure if it was okay to include in the Positive Attitude Group.
Meli - You're right, of course. That's why the program is targeting sororities.
Powerful video Margaret.....a little long...but very good.........I don't quite understand why there is a 'skinny girl looking in the mirror' though! :-) Thanks for sharing.:-)
Those are very startling statistics in the video, Margaret. I've been guilty of fat talk myself (haven't we all), then I remind myself that Marilyn Monroe would be considered a "big" girl by today's standards and I realize it is the standard that is wrong.
I agree about the length, Liz... It is a good video, but longer than the typical 1-3 minutes. On ActiveRain, we're so atuned to that with our videos.
Skinny girl in the mirror is a photo I selected, not the Reflections program, but the truth is that even skinny girls don't think they're skinny enough. I was having a bagel with friends on Saturday when a girl literally collapsed in front of us - the largest part of her body was not as big around as the thighs of several people nearby. As she laid on the ground awaiting the paramedics, her friend said this happens "all the time" because her friend is anorexic and bulimic. That really caught my eye, knowing this campaign was starting today.
Lisa - Yes, they are interesting statistics, aren't they. And you're right about Marilyn Monroe - I'll just keep telling myself that...
Great topic and post. I think I will rebog this to help spread the word. thanks!
Georgina, that would be terrific if you re-blog it. Since this is a new program, it's not widely known. But I understand that it's been well-received by everyone who has seen it. By the way, eating disorders is the community service platform for this year's Miss America, and she was very excited about Reflections when she saw it presented at a conference.
margaret- Loved the video. the way it was presented sure gave a punch to the message. I am also going to share.
Personally... I never understood the drive to be nothing but skin and bones. It just doesn't look healthy and certainly isn't necessary to look ravishing... heck, beauty really does start inside.
Martha, that would be great - we each have different subscribers, and who knows... someone that doesn't read my posts may need this message.
Jesse - As I looked at that rail-thin ghostly pale girl with her eyes rolling in her head and collapsed on the floor of the Bagel Place on Saturday morning, I couldn't help wandering if she thought she looked good. By contrast, her friend was quite chunky, but she had good color, was well dressed and looked to be a very happy person other than concerned about her friend.
Wow Margaret - I had no idea that eating disorders were so prevelant in this country. The model thing I knew and they just are not typical women and that whole industry needs to wake up. Thanks for the information.
Margaret - Reading your blog is very inspiring for me to take a stand. Although I'm not thin or fat, I see in my daughter's and granddaughter's eyes that they really pay attention to how they look - neither of them are fat. But they really lack on self esteem and I think that is the contributing factor here.
BTW - loved the video and even signed up.
HI MARGARET!
Thanks for sharing this. As a woman who has struggled w/self image problems most of her life, I am pleased to share in this moment w/ you. I too, will pass this along.
Hi Margaret I never believed everyone should be the same size or shape. How boring would the world be if we all looked the same. It really shouldn't be so important in this Country about the outside but rather what is on the inside. Just like I don't believe that if you wear a business suit or drive a fancy car that you are smarter, more informed, or a better business person than someone who doesn't. I wish we were more aware that the attention for affirmation that we are looking for doesn't come from people's narrow minded thinking or opinions.
I used to teach a self esteem for women class when I lived in AZ. It was much easier to teach the class than it was to absorb the message. The media has a lot to do with where we are today and unless women stand up and say "we are mad as hell and won't take it anymore."
Timely...Important...Necessary!
Hooray to the AR Chieftans for FEATURING THIS!! (Score one for the BOYS!) GBU!
Judy, I think it's really numbing to see that 54% of ten-year olds would rather be hit by a truck than be fat. 'Just goes to see how little they know about the pain and lifelong consequences that would come with being hit by a truck!
Petra, Some of the "fat talk" being addressed by this public awareness program is such a normal part of conversation, I don't think any of us give it much thought. Maybe this will teach all of us, at least for a time, to think twice before speaking.
Yvette - I remember your mentioning in your 9/11 post that you don't have the same body now you did when you were Active Duty... According to this program, I wonder if that would be "fat talk"? We're all so used to doing it and hearing it.
Lisa - Some of the info in that video is eye-opening - I was very surprised at some of those statistics, weren't you?
Cindy - I think this program is a first step in that direction.
Elizabeth - You're right. Thank you AR Chieftans! I'm pleasantly surprised.
Building self esteem and eradicating self-hatred needs to begin early in life. 10 year girls should out playing with their friends not worrying about being too fat.
One of the best off-topic posts of the year!
Thank you so much for posting this, the statistics are astounding. I'm sending this message to my sister who is literally malnurished - I believe anorexic. I'm scared for her but don't really know what to do to help. We live 1000 miles apart so all I can do is talk and talk and talk to her as well as send her messages such as this. So again, thank you.
Norma - Isn't that an amazing statistic? I was shocked!
Teri - Maybe something in here will catch her eye. I think Tri-Delta is the "right" organization to make a dent in the problem at the college level.
I stubled onto this and had to comment. My daughter struggles with this. We are actually donating to the BDI on my site DLP Lamps
I dont mind anyone being healthy, but counting every rib bone is not the scale for me. Eat good but eat enough is what my mom says
'Would love to know how you "stumbled onto this" - I was watching the search engines and it didn't seem to surface with the keywords I used. Anyway, glad you found it, hope you enjoyed the video, and I hope you're able to help your daughter before it's too late.
James, I had a little advance awareness of this program, so I've been concentrating on avoiding "fat talk" - it really is a topic which invades our conversation more often than I ever noticed before. Thanks for commenting, and pass on this video to your mom and other women in your life.
Margaret~This is such an important message to get out to everybody. I'm guilty of that same mentality and worry for my little girl that she will have this negative self image. She is so beautiful and I don't want her to ever feel bad about herself, so I pledge to be FREE of fat talk. Thank you my dear friend!
Julie, I am so glad you're back! 'Hope you're successful with your daughter, in this regard.
Margaret, This is such important stuff. I joke, and as we all know there is some truth to the joke, that I have the most perfect life but I am made because I don't wear size six. Now I have never been a size six and I am really ticked about that. We are brainwashed by Madison Ave. Thank you for this.
Margaret - I am glad to see some postings that are not all about real estate, it sure would be boring around here.
I hope this is being featured in Family Ties. The video is excellent and the Reflections website is too. Thanks for sharing and giving me awareness.
Margaret,
A great video and message that needs to be spread to all women and girls. Until the media (the entertainment and fashion industries are at the root of the problem, I believe) stops "glamorizing skinny", I'm afraid the problem will not go away. Thank you for posting and bringing this to our attention.
Audrey - Size Six? I don't think I ever was! Glad you found this to have value.
Jennifer - I don't go off-topic often, but you're right. That's one of the things I loved about Sarah Cooper... she wrote some of the best off-topic posts!
Cathy - I did post it there, and Jason gave me the okay (I wasn't sure if it was appropriate for the group, but he says it is.)
Cynthia - You're right, Cynthia, but I do think having a top-tier national sorority take on the challenge is a good start.
Margaret ~ This is an important issue. In my volunteer work with Nashua mediation, I have met young women that are wrestling with this issue. It affects the entire family! I was please when Cheryl with Dancing with the Stars addressed this body image issue on TV! Curves are in! It is ok to be healthy!
Margaret,
I agree, it has to start somewhere and this is a good beginning.