Body Image Project
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Get published in my revolutionary body image book!

Have you, or someone you know, ever had an issue with poor body image? If you answered no, you're lying! It's hard to grow up today without being bombarded with ideas and images of "how one should look." It's even harder to live up to society's concept of physical beauty as it is unhealthy and almost entirely unattainable.

I have been overweight my whole life. Regardless of that, I have been systematically made to feel horrible about my body. No "normal" or "beautiful" person is ever described to be about 80 pounds overweight. Also, no "normal" or "beautiful" is ever described to be 50 pounds underweight, dysfigured, very short or very tall, very muscular, skrawny, big-lipped, small-chinned, pale, dark, etc, etc!

I am a beautiful five foot two, size-16 woman. I am not what society wants me to look like. But, I am still beautiful. So then, how do these perversions of beauty undermine my attempts at good self body image?

Growing up, I thought I was the only one who was uncomfortable with my own body. I thought everyone else loved their body and I was the only one with issues. Knowing that most women deal with body image issues at some point in thier lives, is somewhat comforting to me. Although I wish all women could love themselves and their bodies as the beautiful creatures they are, I know the reality if far from this dream.

For this reason, I've decided to compile a book dedicated to womens' body image. This book will be therapeutic, meditative, vengeful, thought provoking, soothing, enraging, healing, and, most of all, loving. This book will help you love your body more. It will help you to connect with other women in their stuggles. It will help you to identify unhealthy patterns in your life and society and help you to overcome these barriers. It will be a book for you and by you.

I am calling all women who have had any issues with body image to participate. If you are an artist or a writer, professional or experimentational, I need you! I am looking to compile personal articles about body image. I am also looking for pieces of art which represent the body, or body image in some way.

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The Submitting Process

Project Specifications

Conditions of Submission

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This is me. I'm an average girl who also deals with body image issues. You're not alone.

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