So for our last blog post, I would like to get your thoughts and feedback on the class. "What did you like or dislike about the class? What could I do to make it better?" Answers are due no later than Wednesday, June 14, 2017. After that, the blog will be down until class resumes in the Fall! I wish all of you a happy and safe summer break!!
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Your Thoughts and Feedback Are Appreciated
Well another quarter has come and gone! This is kind of bittersweet for me in that, for the first time in 10 years, I will not be teaching next quarter. I made the decision because I have been awarded a Human Service Professional Renewal Grant by the Lilly Endowment. Through my renewal, I will be traveling to Alaska and Europe - and therefore, will not be able to commit to teaching next quarter. I'm excited about my upcoming travels, but I'm sad to leave a job I love and all of you.I have enjoyed getting to know all of you and hearing your opinions in class! I wish all of you blessings and success in the future, and hope that you stay in touch.
So for our last blog post, I would like to get your thoughts and feedback on the class. "What did you like or dislike about the class? What could I do to make it better?" Answers are due no later than Wednesday, June 14, 2017. After that, the blog will be down until class resumes in the Fall! I wish all of you a happy and safe summer break!!
So for our last blog post, I would like to get your thoughts and feedback on the class. "What did you like or dislike about the class? What could I do to make it better?" Answers are due no later than Wednesday, June 14, 2017. After that, the blog will be down until class resumes in the Fall! I wish all of you a happy and safe summer break!!
Thursday, June 1, 2017
You Are Beautiful - Part II
I’ve
always been consciously aware of society’s pressure on young girls to be thin,
pretty and popular. As a young teen, I pored over beauty magazines and
strove to match the images I saw in them. “Will I ever have those curves? Will my skin ever be that clear?
Will my hair ever have that much volume?” Finally, I grew up, learned to
love myself and learned how to support other women of all shapes and
sizes.
So I was disappointed to read an article yesterday, regarding the controversy around a billboard for the upcoming animated film 'Red Shoes& the 7 Dwarfs' which features a Snow White who is "no longer beautiful." The ad depicted a tall, thin woman in red heels next to a shorter, heavier version of herself holding her heels. The tagline promoted a Snow White who was no longer beautiful. You can check it out for yourself here: http://www.teenvogue.com/story/snow-white-spoof-fat-shaming
The billboard immediately sparked outrage from people who thought is supported body shaming. It implies that the plumper version of Snow White isn’t beautiful because she’s fat. The trailer for the movie posted on YouTube only back’s up their view. It shows dwarfs hiding in Snow White’s cottage, secretly watching her undress (which is a whole separate problem than the body shaming). As they watch her, the dwarfs are visibly excited as the slender Snow White disrobes, but when she takes of her shoes, the previously skinny woman is suddenly fatter. The dwarfs react in horror, implying that seeing a fat woman naked is gross or displeasing, but seeing the skinny woman is exciting a good. Again, the movie appears to be saying fat is ugly.
For their part, movie producers say the film's synopsis promises an empowering message in which Snow White "learns not only to accept herself, but to celebrate who she is, inside and out." The company behind the film, Locus Corporation, has apologized. A spokesperson for the company stated, "…Locus Corporation wishes to apologize regarding the first elements of our marketing campaign (in the form of a Cannes billboard and a trailer), which we realize has had the opposite effect from that which was intended. Our film, a family comedy, carries a message designed to challenge social prejudices related to standards of physical beauty in society by emphasizing the importance of inner beauty."
Body shaming and negative comments they receive can have a devastating impact on a young girl’s self-esteem. Cases of anorexia and bulimia have been found in girls as young as 5. The media bombards us with images of stick-thin models and airbrushed actresses that put even more pressure of girls to achieve the “ideal image”. Consider these startling statistics from a recent survey of girls ages 12-18, by Sugar magazine:
So I was disappointed to read an article yesterday, regarding the controversy around a billboard for the upcoming animated film 'Red Shoes& the 7 Dwarfs' which features a Snow White who is "no longer beautiful." The ad depicted a tall, thin woman in red heels next to a shorter, heavier version of herself holding her heels. The tagline promoted a Snow White who was no longer beautiful. You can check it out for yourself here: http://www.teenvogue.com/story/snow-white-spoof-fat-shaming
The billboard immediately sparked outrage from people who thought is supported body shaming. It implies that the plumper version of Snow White isn’t beautiful because she’s fat. The trailer for the movie posted on YouTube only back’s up their view. It shows dwarfs hiding in Snow White’s cottage, secretly watching her undress (which is a whole separate problem than the body shaming). As they watch her, the dwarfs are visibly excited as the slender Snow White disrobes, but when she takes of her shoes, the previously skinny woman is suddenly fatter. The dwarfs react in horror, implying that seeing a fat woman naked is gross or displeasing, but seeing the skinny woman is exciting a good. Again, the movie appears to be saying fat is ugly.
For their part, movie producers say the film's synopsis promises an empowering message in which Snow White "learns not only to accept herself, but to celebrate who she is, inside and out." The company behind the film, Locus Corporation, has apologized. A spokesperson for the company stated, "…Locus Corporation wishes to apologize regarding the first elements of our marketing campaign (in the form of a Cannes billboard and a trailer), which we realize has had the opposite effect from that which was intended. Our film, a family comedy, carries a message designed to challenge social prejudices related to standards of physical beauty in society by emphasizing the importance of inner beauty."
Body shaming and negative comments they receive can have a devastating impact on a young girl’s self-esteem. Cases of anorexia and bulimia have been found in girls as young as 5. The media bombards us with images of stick-thin models and airbrushed actresses that put even more pressure of girls to achieve the “ideal image”. Consider these startling statistics from a recent survey of girls ages 12-18, by Sugar magazine:
- 78% said they worry about their weight
- 1:5 have been criticized by a family member for “being too big"
- 51% said their parents have hurt their feelings talking about their size
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