Real Beauty

I absolutely adore The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

 http://www.dove.us/social-mission/campaign-for-real-beauty.aspx

So I wonder what I would put beside a picture of myself?

Skin and Bones?

Unhealthy?

Skinny?

Beautiful?

Flawed?

Freckles?

Flat?

Twig? 

I know that I'm a little bit of all these.  Everyday I strive to be healthy and to accept my own body, and I am growing and loving myself more everyday.

So now I say thank you, Dove! Thank you for showing women in their own skin.  Women who are beautiful despite what popular media says.  Women who radiate beauty just the way they are. 

 Please don't stop!

Side Note: It's funny how children say things so innocently.  When I was in elementary school my aunt  kept calling me a twig.  One day I had enough of her name calling.  She told me, "you're nothing but a twig."  I responded quickly, "Well, you're nothing but a log!"  We had a few good laughs about that one.  As a child, it did not matter how large she was, because I knew she could pick me up, play with me, even hold me while she slid down a hill of gravel so we wouldn't get hit by a train.

The Standard of Beauty

Have you seen this video?

I showed this to a few of my guy friends a few weeks ago, and they were confused.  I guess they did not realize that there is not a single woman in the world who looks like the women they gawk at in magazines, posters, etc.  It is actually quite sad how airbrushing has taken over, giving women low self-esteem while telling our men that women aren't perfect unless they look "unreal."  Why can't we take back our media?  We can start a movement! Be proud of yourself; love who you are; show yourself off!  Show the world that
skinny and perfect IS NOT beautiful! 

"Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline."??