Your Body is Yours
How do we reclaim our bodies and grow to be comfortable in them?
BY: Yara Cruz, Jaqueline Mendez, Sydney Johnson, & Alyn Mayoral
How do we reclaim our bodies and grow to be comfortable in them? And accept ourselves and others even when we’re not? Our short documentary, “Your Body is Yours”, delves into society’s current standards of beauty and explores the coexistence of body autonomy and positivity.
We hope this film empowers women and non-binary people to incorporate both bodily autonomy and positivity into their lives, and encourages us all to examine the damage that beauty standards cause.
BEFORE YOU WATCH THE FILM, ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS:
- What does body positivity mean to you?
- What does bodily autonomy mean to you?
- Are there any ways you practice body positivity?
- What does beauty mean to you?
AFTER WATCHING THE FILM, LET’S ASK OURSELVES:
- How can you incorporate body positivity and body autonomy into your life?
- What can you do to help people feel good about their bodies?
- Is there anything you can do to help yourself feel more comfortable in your own body?
Organizations to look into:
Further reading:
Social media accounts to follow:
- WATCH + SHARE THIS FILM (with anyone and everyone) on your Instagram account and use this copy for your post:
YOUR BODY IS YOURS empowers women and non-binary people to incorporate both bodily autonomy and positivity into their lives and examines the damage that beauty standards cause. @yara.cruz.sm @itsa.lyn @43verand3ver @syd.h.johnson @womens_voices_now
- REACH OUT TO INFLUENCERS, ask if they’ll share this film.
- SHARE A PHOTO OF YOURSELF feeling beautiful and include our hashtags (#girlsvoicesnow #womensvoicesnow #YourBodyIsYours, #empathytoaction #definebeauty #youarebeauty #yourbodyyourchoice #beautyisyou #Beautifulvessel #ownyourbeauty
#acceptyourself #plussize #fatandproud #celebratemysize #effyourbeautystandards) - ASK YOUTH GROUPS to screen the film
- EXPLORE our resource list
- SIGN THESE PETITIONS:
Change the Army’s Height, Weight, and Body Composition Standards — trigger warning!!
Create a law to protect models from being pressured to lose weight!
Allow Instagram users to block diet and weight loss ads on their feed.
Tell Dillard’s to stop using anorexic mannequins
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