Cartoons that fuel our insecurity

Here is a new campaign launched by the popular snack food company who makes, Sun Chips, Baked Lay's, Smart Food and Flat Earth. It is a cartoon series that feeds many of our feelings of poor body image all while having women gather together around food.

There are fat references, wishes for illness to lose weight, emphasis on our need to pluck-tan and primp and even our challenges with our mothers. While I get the intention they miss the real core of the female bond and paint women as shallow and insecure.

So now I am going to have to pass on these treats until they suspend this campaign. If they don't respect my gender, they don't get my dollars.

Please check it out and let me know what you think. http://www.awomansworld.com/

xo

Becca

Speak out!

Friends-

Here is a great opportunity to work with one of our favorite She-ra's and to make a difference to many others. Check out the note below and please share with all members of your posse.

xo

B

Looking for women to interview!
Do you have an Eating Disorder but nobody seems to have noticed? Are you having trouble getting treatment because you don't appear 'sick'? If this sounds like you or someone you know, please help me write a powerful story for a national women's magazine. I am looking for brave women ages 21 - 45 who have struggled with eating disorders in the past or are currently struggling with Anorexia, Bulimia,EDNOS or Bing Eating disorder. This article will be a positive, proactive approach to sharing with the world that eating disorders come in all shapes,sizes, races, and ages. I welcome women with a diverse range of body types, stories, and less obvious signs of eating disorder behavior to share their stories and raise awareness of the many women whose suffering goes unnoticed or untreated. Please Email info@jessweiner.com with the following information: - Name - Phone number - Age - Photo- A paragraph describing your eating disorder history, any treatment, and why people may not have known you were sick. I will keep your personal information in confidence BUT you must be willing to have your name and photograph used in the article should you be selected.I will need to find a variety of stories, so please spread the word and send this message to a friend!

Thank You, Jessica Weiner

Life has a funny way of sending us all the right messages at the absolute right time. For example, I have found myself drawn to the amazing woman, Jessica Weiner for sometime now. Jessica, has revolutionised the way women should and can talk to one another. Her talents as an ACTIONIST (visit http://www.jessicaweiner.com/ to learn more), visionary and role model are making a huge impact on the world around us.

I read her blogs and visited her web site. But to be honest, part of me was afraid to read her books. Maybe I would have to answer some questions I was long too scared to face. Was I ready to be totally ok...with me?

I read her first two books in single settings. They have awakened a part of me that I was not sure existed and I am so glad to have met. I know her message came to me at the right time. My improved understanding and love of myself will be incredibly important as Kelly and I move forward in our Mission of ending sexual violence. Her lessons reminded me that I am proud to be a work in progress. Proud to know that the road is paved with both lessons and love.

If you want to learn more about yourself. If you seek a personal challenge I encourage you to run...not walk to get your hands Jessica's wisdom. I can honestly say, it has changed my life and I am certain that if you read them with an open heart, it will do the same for you.

Always-

Becca