JAGORI - The Beauty Myth - 35 sec film

The beauty industry thrives on creating unreal images of beauty that people beat themselves up to achieve. Question the beauty myth amd be proud of who you are. The film was created by Ethics Films for JAGORI.

JAGORI is a not-for-profit women's training and resource centre based in New Delhi, India. For more information visit: www.jagori.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• body image
• women
• thin
• slim
• fat
• diet
• weight reduction
• beauty
• perfect body
• short film
• perfect figure
• beauty myth

[TheBriperch]

i love it when men think they know everything about women and the pressures we go through

[TheHemlock77]

Here is what I do understand. As long as there is money to be made off of low self image, This will not change. If there is no longer a perceived need to change ones appearance, the money will stop flowing.

[1stPenokom]

not all men are know-it-alls and not all men understand your presseures as women. We have our own pressure too, so don't preach about how we don't get you when both genders live in their own selfish worlds

don't lecture one about the trials of another, the video applies to everyone

[Kushmastaa1]

@JackBlair2 Exactly, it's forced upon us by the media as a 'crisis' when 30,000 African children under the age of 5 die every day. It's ridiculous, words can't describe how moronic anyone is that supports this kind of campaign

[JackBlair2]

I don't know anything about it. But you women are pushing your issues on US.

And the media likes to whip this up into a major "crisis," when it ISN'T.

[rashedly]

I'd rather die than live another year with an eating disorder. Hands down.

It's worse to be alive and in this hell than dead.

Please try not to judge other people's hell.

For instance, maybe you're a sociopath, and maybe that's really miserable. Not being a sociopath, I'm not going to pretend I understand and/or diminish what you say about your experience.

But if you create a thoughtful video about it and I comment disparagingly, you may feel free to say to me as I say now, kindly fuck off.

[JackBlair2]

I meant "gender feminists." My bad.

[leenakamat]

first of all, "feminists" are not a monolithic entity. secondly, 6 per year, in the whole world, really? thirdly, DYING is not the only way of destroying one's mind/body. people can have severe psychological distress or illness induced by these ideals without necessarily dying.

[JackBlair2]

Based on feminists who said that "50,000 girls die of anorexia every year."

Turns out, it's about 6 per year.

[leenakamat]

LOL. based on what?