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self portraitI started the Love Yourself Campaign back in 2007. The campaign is a protest to unrealistic standards of beauty set by the media. Every minute of every day we are bombarded with images of what is considered "perfection". We compare ourselves and even grow resentful of the one and only body we were given. The Love Yourself Campaign is an on-going worldwide art project that promotes positive body image for women and men. We are all beautiful, so why not show the world and the media that we are comfortable with the way we are.
It is time for us to stand up to false images of beauty and become comfortable with and proud of our bodies!
Would you like to participate in The Love Yourself Campaign? Here's how!
Please send a photograph of you or somebody you know to loveyerbody@yahoo.com
Include your name and city/state with your e-mails please!
The phrase "start a revolution, stop hating your body" must be included somewhere in the photograph, whether it be on the body itself or not. The images should not be altered in any way being that it is a love your body campaign and should represent you for you! Be creative with it! And if you like, you may add a short statement to go along with the image you submit! I am looking for all shapes, sizes, colors, male or female!
Inappropriate or pornographic images will not be accepted. Plain and simple.
Spread the word! Start a Revolution, Stop hating your body!
Find us on Myspace
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Facebook!
If you have created a photo for the campaign, feel free to upload it onto our Facebook group! The more submissions the better!
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Its alright for you to say when you have a socially acceptable physique though.
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But I like hating my body. It's how I push myself to stay healthy
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While I agree with what is written....the image of a girl showing only her perfect stomach makes no sense.
It's easy to not hate your body when you have perfect skin, age, fashion, and weight...so this picture doesn't really make any sense.
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Easier said than done (it's worse for those with dysfunctional family members/parents)..... 
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thats no excuse to be a fatass
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We need more positive messages like for girls. Great job!
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Yes, that is a very good idea! Β I like this, nice job!
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i love the meaning in this picture
Everyone needs to see this picture
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Yes stop hating your body start loving it! Don't accept anything but the best.
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brilliant concept, good message, very effective (=
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This is great, as well as the message.
But I can't feel this whole-heartedly, because
the girl in the photo has a flat stomach.
Many girls in society today (including me)
always feel overweight, and while this is great,
the girl has a perfect body.
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I was absolutely thinking the same thing. What's not to love about this body?
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Thank you so much for these inspiring words. 
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beautiful photo
u should join my group photography-heart n post some stuff there
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i Really love this saying. Me and my friend have our own religion that's mission is essentially "love yourself" Thank you and i plan to submit my picture soon.
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Was browsing my favs from like 2 years ago... Had to stop and comment that I would RE-FAV this! lol this is great.
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What so many people seem to be saying is that a fatter model would get the message across better because she's fat? As if every other woman in the world doesn't have something about her that makes her feel ugly? And that anyone who's happy automatically has to be skinny, rich, and you have the right to resent them? That skinny people automatically find it easier to love themselves?
I thought we were women here, I was under some misguided illusion that we had some solidarity and something in common.
Not all movie stars and models have eating disorders. Skinny people don't have it easier than fat people. Fat people don't have it any easier than skinny people. Hairy people don't have it any better than those with hair loss.
It's just as insulting for people to turn around and call you "an anorexic b*tch" as it is for people to call you "fatso", for every woman being bullied for being a "beanpole" there's another being bullied for being too big. No, there's no way out of it, thin and you're shunned for being "too skinny", fat and you're shunned for being "too big", average weight and you're shunned for being nonspecifically ugly.
I'm not going to mention my weight, because it's irrelevant in this argument. I have crooked teeth, I have a crooked nose. I have facial and body scars. I have raised moles, lumps on my head, stretch marks, blackheads, spots, veruccas, wobbly bits, bony bits, stretched bits, wrinkly bits, uneven bits. I'd never have the money to afford cosmetic surgery to sort any of it out, not even one part of it. But you know what? I can go out of the house without MAKEUP, or HAIR STYLERS, and I can catch a glimpse of myself in a shop window or a wing mirror and love every inch of my body.
That's what loving yourself is. It's realising that you are beautiful in mysterious and magical ways. It's remembering it when someone makes a comment about your weight, or your acne, or your hair colour. It's enjoying your body in all its glory while you have it, instead of being angry at it for not being how you or others think it ought to be.
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I definitely agree that everybody, skinny or fat, should love their bodies. However, I disagree with this comment: "Skinny people don't have it easier than fat people." In general, anyone that is conventionally attractive, which includes being skinny as opposed to fat, is treated better. Obviously anyone can fall victim to body hate, but it's typically easier to love one's body when it is conventionally attractive due to all the outside positive reinforcement.
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Since I'm an old geezer I don't have to deal with much hatred or love of my body but: it should be noted that everyone (and I would say it seems to affect women more then men since society is geared toward sexualizing women), can have a problem with the way they perceive their weight or shape. It's ridiculous that a thin attractive lady such as this wouldn't see herself as what she is. Sometimes there's a mental issue and it should be recognized. Whatever society treats someone like doesn't always affect how hard they are on themselves butΒ people in generalΒ might very well be more critical of a fatter person. I'll grant you that.
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One of the most honest, wonderful and insightful replies I have ever gotten on this image. Thank you.
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So I was bullied all the way through primary and high school for being ugly, you know what changed my mind? My school prom. When my mum went to pick up the photos, the photographer asked if I was hers and said I ought to have been a model.
Self love moment: I LOVE the little mole just above my underwear line on my tummy. It's a blemish and I love it.
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I love this. Great concept and image. I featured it in my latest journal.
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I love this photo. It truly captures the essence of self-assertion without being indignant. It's beautiful.
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This is a lovely picture, will a strong message.
I support it(:
Lovely.
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ehm, too difficult.
(but the idea is really good)
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Aww! That's really sweet.
If all else fails, there's more of you to love!
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this is a great concept but its really not as easy as it sounds to suddenly change the way you've felt about youreself for years.
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This is a very true concept. I believe that once we stop hating ourselves we canstop hating others. The true reason most of us hate is because they have something we don't. They have a bigger bust, smaller gut, prettire face, they're taller, they're shorter. Anything that they have different we come to hate beause we think they're so different and loved so much more when really, they may even hate us for something we have. Or they just have the same amount of friends, they get the same amount of attention, we just think that they look prettier doing it. Love your body, for it loves you and by abusing it, you just make it uglier. Powerful picture
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I love this idea! And you know what makes me sad? Right under it is an ad screaming "One Rule For A Flat Belly." Shows just how much the world needs this.
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although this picture sends a good message. i don't think you have ever delt with a feeling of hatred for your own body. because you have most likely been blessed with one that has nothing wrong with it.
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Like I have said to many other people who have accused me of "having nothing wrong with my body". Every person has insecurities about their own body, whether small or major. It is not fair for you to assume that I have never felt a hatred for my body because you do not know me and you do not know my body. It's easy for people to make assumptions about others when they don't know them.
This photograph was taken over 6 years ago as a form of self therapy for me because I have dealt with a deep hatred for my own body for many, many years. Now, at almost 25 years old I have started to make a dent in my own self healing.
If you or anyone else for that matter feel that I should not feel the way that I feel, or assume that I have never felt a feeling of hatred toward myself, you are surely mistaken. It doesn't matter what you look like, everybody has insecurities.
This photograph was for me.
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Is it still relevant? I would love to participate if possible ...
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