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We are a group of York U students who noticed the injustices that are present in body image representations in the media. Our campaign stands for the ideology that beauty is not merely one standard, everyone is beautiful in their own unique way. The logo we have created signifies that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colours, genders and creeds. Beauty is both timeless and ageless and our objective is to create new images that reflect this as well as the diversity of perspectives, voices, locals, and situated knowledge’s in order to improve body image ideals. This means we want to empower people to believe in the beauty they hold. Our campaign is a collaborative project that will create an environment of inclusion that encourages people to come together and share their individual stories.

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#beUty Campaign Relationship to Course Material

Posted by [email protected] on March 21, 2016 at 9:00 PM Comments comments (0)

Our Campaign #beUty aims to change the previously constructed narrative. As in King’s article, You’ll Never Believe What Happen, we to want our audience to “understand the world is a good place where good deeds should beget good rewards” (King, 4.) Unlike the people in Omelas in, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, those that see injustice and tragedies, and weep for a moment, rationalize and then turn a blind eye, we see a problem...

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Posted by [email protected] on March 20, 2016 at 6:00 PM Comments comments (0)

Resources

Posted by [email protected] on March 20, 2016 at 5:35 PM Comments comments (0)

Derenne, J. L., and E. V. Beresin. "Body Image, Media, and Eating Disorders." Academic Psychiatry 30.3 (2006): 257-61. Web. http://www.newriver.edu/images/stories/library/Stennett_Psychology_Articles/Bo dy%20Image%20Media%20%20Eating%20Disorders.pdf


Kilbourne, Jean. “The More You Subtract, the More You Add: Cutting Girls Down to”. Yumpu.com. 2000. Web. 20 Jan. 2016. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/3629503/quotthe-more-you-subtract- the-more-you-addq...

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