Dove love

Ladies! I;ve got two cool opportunities for y'all:

Dove "Reality Diaries" live chat

If you’re like me and love Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty, which I’ve blogged about in the past, then here’s a fun treat: The "Reality Diaries" series is hosting a live chat with the four featured young women on the site at 8pm EST tonight (Tues., Dec. 18th) and it should make for a lively discussion. Also present will be Jess, who used to write this blog!

I honestly believe Dove's CFRB has been a tremendous step forward in helping educate and empower young women. I mean – these are happy, healthy girls. So are these. Does this young woman look happy to you? No, she looks endangered and overpowered. Dove is trying to change the scene so we (and our daughters) see fewer ads that evoke thoughts of assualt or eating disorders and more that provoke discussion and enhance body image.

Dove's short video, “Evolution,” which showed an everyday pretty woman being morphed into a glamazon billboard model though the use of airbrushing and Photoshop, was eye-opening and is, in my opinon, a must-see for young girls. “Onslaught,” which depicts the everyday assault waged on us by the media, literally takes my breath away every time I see it. I feel like screaming, “That’s exactly how I feel!”

So I highly encourage those of you who are into the body image arena and trying to love that bod (and mind!) a bit more to tune in tonight. I am!

Also...

Wanna try the new iVillage challenge?

For any of you looking to jump start a get-healthy New Year’s resolution, iVillage Total Health is sponsoring a Community Challenge for motivation. If you sign up, you get:

-Daily tips from experts on changing your eating/workout/health habits for the better

-Cheat sheets highlighting nutritional superfoods, tips for boosting your confidence and styling advice for your body type

-Access to the Better Health Community Challenge message board, where you can chat with tons of other women

-Tools to calculate things like calories burned (if that’s your thing)

Making changes is often easier with the help of friends (real-life or "electronic" :-) so if group support helps get the ball rolling, this could be an awesome (and free!) opportunity.

Please do let me know if you dabble in either the iVillage Challenge or the Dove chat!

Comments

Okay, that Dolce & Gabbana ad is SOOOO disturbing. Every time I see it, I feel sick. I wonder if that is the brand identity they are going for. Maybe they hope women will see their ads, feel pictorally raped, get sick and lose weight. Hey - magic weight loss!

Anyhow, LOVE the Dove ads! Thanks for the heads up.

I totally hate the D&G ad. Extremely disturbing. What are they trying to represent here???