Welcome to a new facet of The Demoiselles: Your ABCs. Every couple weeks, we’ll post a video, asking you to participate in ABC, aka A Body Challenge. These are the basics of introspection, designed to direct you to the source of your current body image, and shape it into a positive – whatever state it’s in.
This week, we decided to start with the most basic of basics: childhood icons. We challenge you to recall your body idols, and how it made you react to your own, growing figure.
Alright! Here’s your assignment:
- Recall who your childhood icon(s) was/were. This can be anyone from a girl at school to a musician to a model.
- Really think about how that shaped your perception of yourself – either as a child, or now – and how you felt about your body.
- Think of ways that you can commemorate that icon in a way that doesn’t punish yourself or your body for physical impossibilities, or result in unhealthy behavior.
Respond in a comment, video (respond to us on YouTube!), email us directly, or use the contact page.
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Ahhhhh you guys are too cute for words.
I’m trying to think of examples of childhood idols, but I’m kind of drawing a blank. I do remember that I somehow managed to befriend the two girls in my grade who got boobs before I did (meaning in fourth or fifth grade, as opposed to sixth grade like me). Although I was *very* tore up at the time over how flat chested I was, I find it kind of funny looking back – knowing that I went from zero to C-cup over one summer and then they never stopped growing, ha!
But anyways, yeah, I don’t really remember specific idols – just wishing that my face was clearer, hair wasn’t so damn curly, etc. Not that that’s any healthier!
.-= Michelle´s last blog ..Marvelous Monday! =-.
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Posted by Michelle | August 31, 2009, 6:40 pmNEW @ TD :: Were talking about ABCs (A Body Challenge) in a video asking YOU to think back to your childhood icons! http://is.gd/2JWjR
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Posted by The Demoiselles | August 31, 2009, 8:21 pmWho were your childhood icons? RT @TheDemoiselles ABCs: Challenge #1 | The Demoiselles http://bit.ly/35pm03 (Our first video!)
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Posted by Jen | August 31, 2009, 8:25 pmRT @TheDemoiselles: @ The Demoiselles :: ABCs: Challenge #1: Welcome to a new facet of The Demoiselles: Your AB.. http://bit.ly/4tFB6s
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Posted by Jai Marshall | August 31, 2009, 9:40 pmJem, Ariel (The Little Mermaid), remember Beaches? The girl played the young Barbara Hershey, she was gorgeous! As I got older, yes the body image issue started happening, I was 9 when I decided I was fat, that makes me so sad.
Great advice to turn negatives into positives.
My body image has changed for sure, at 27 now, for 2 years I have been comfortable with myself.
.-= eyeliah´s last blog ..The Story of a Skirt =-.
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Posted by eyeliah | September 2, 2009, 6:51 pmFound my way here via Already Pretty. I’m older than you guys. I think the body image issues have in some ways gotten worse even than when I was young. I do whatever I can to keep my daughter – who was also a dancer – from agonizing. The transition from ballet body to human body was rough.
.-= LPC´s last blog ..Flying The Flag =-.
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Posted by LPC | September 11, 2009, 6:55 pm