Love Your Body Day
Our Relationship with ourself and others
What is a Healthy Relationship?
Love Your Body Day
Crystal Holiday,
2004 Love Your Body
Poster Contest Winner
October 15, 2008
Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror?
Hollywood and the fashion, cosmetics and diet industries work hard to make each of
us believe that our bodies are unacceptable and need constant improvement. Print
ads and television commercials reduce us to body parts— lips, legs, breasts—
airbrushed and touched up to meet impossible standards. TV shows tell women and
teenage girls that cosmetic surgery is good for self-esteem. Is it any wonder that 80 percent
of U.S. women are dissatisfied with their appearance?
Women and girls spend billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, fashion,
magazines and diet aids. These industries can't use negative images to sell their
products without our assistance.
Together, we can fight back.