10 inspirational body perception blogs
Masha Vorslav
Human body - the most accessible and, perhaps, the most difficult tool for comprehending (we have already climbed to this stool). The problem of interaction with your own body is devoted to research and performance; Even individual enthusiasts, as it seems to us, are doing an important thing: another collection of non-retouched photos will make if you do not love yourself, then at least think about it. We have collected 10 examples of personal blogs dedicated to the body.
Stop Hating Your Body
Nearly every American teenager has a toggle switch; most of them are interesting only to the author himself and a couple of hundreds of his acquaintances. There are exceptions: for example, a blog with a talking name Stop Hating Your Body. The idea is elementary: to collect as many “real” as possible - unedited photos of bodies of all shapes and sizes. Some contributors have not yet found a common language with their bodies (and their heart aches for them), but others have already loved him.
Lindsay bottos
Student Lindsay Bottos has a typical picture blog, where her selfies are often flashed. The latter unexpectedly began to collect so much negativity that the girl put the wishes of the haters on her photos and uploaded them to a separate page. The gallery is not closed and, apparently, will be replenished, although we can not imagine how someone's hand rises to print such comments.
Large Labia Project and Our Breasts
We have already told about Emma, but we cannot but include two of her sites in the list. Both blogs - NSFW - postulate the beauty of every female body, focusing on those areas of it, because of which girls most often feel vulnerable. Emma lays out the photos that she sent readers from around the world, so the Large Labia Project and Our Breasts can be called the most effective and frank project on the topic.
I.A.M.
Daniel organized the "Self Acceptance Movement," Internal Acceptance Movement. His main message is: a person is not determined by what he looks like, and weight, gender, sexuality, clothing, nationality, income and other external characteristics do not matter. I.A.M. very delicately covers difficult topics: depression, eating disorders, hatred of his body - for his self-help-articles, Daniel manages to find a warm and inspiring tone.
Genderqueer
The mission of the project is well reflected in his only post - this one. If more, Genderqueer strongly supports those who intend to go beyond the limits of gender (or trample near the border). The main content of the site is photos of people who are not shy about expressing themselves: men with make-up in funny costumes prevail, but there are also a lot of girls with shaved head and men's clothes. By the way, if gender issues are especially interesting, then here’s a list of almost a hundred (some links are broken) personal blogs on the topic.
Operation Beautiful
Despite the fact that Operation Beautiful is a strong blog, the best part is offline. The fact that negative thoughts about themselves are destructive and how difficult it is to get rid of them, the founder of OB knows firsthand. Therefore, she decided to leave stickers with encouraging messages in public places. And if it is not clear who left "You are beautiful!" hardened skeptics grunted, then suddenly see the postcard "Today you are even stronger than yesterday" or "Beauty does not have the size" nice to everyone.
Male Body Positive
Men worry about their appearance no less than women, although it is not customary to talk about it (for which they fought, and for that). The more pleasant it is to see an intelligible resource that covers all the same topics as women's blogs about the problems of body acceptance, and in the appendage fights with the typical patriarchal stereotypes of the series “a real man does not cry”.
Ageless futures
To the idea that maturity is new black, many still need to get used to. No wonder - aging is really a difficult process, changing a person not only externally. However, in old age, life does not become less interesting and rich - many simply lack the inner motivation to continue to grow. On the Ageless Futures blog, Karen Sands is trying to help people find it, consistently addressing issues from a wide range of areas: business, sex, education, and others.
Natural bods
Racial prejudices, unfortunately, permeate many public institutions - Jordan Dunn recently spoke on this subject. The Natural Bods picture blog pays a lot of attention to ethnic equivalence - the majority of photographs of black people are in it. The author also publishes snapshots of what is usually called imperfections and shortcomings: scars after a mastectomy, stretch marks, and not tightened bodies. Convincing, in general, a blog: after several pages you affirm in the thought that there is a lot of beauty around.