We had a sweet weekend with Jodi and Kate, and one part of the weekend was watching a fabulous movie called Embrace with the girls which was a powerful movie about body image in this day and age. See below for a preview of the movie that I cannot recommend highly enough!
Embrace- the documentary: Lose weight, reduce wrinkles, fight cellulite; we’re constantly told to fight a battle to be someone other than who we are. Women and girls are constantly lead to believe they’re not as good as they should be. And why? Because every day they feel they’re being judged on their appearance and how far away it is from an unachievable ideal.
At the Body Image Movement, we’re on a quest to redefine and rewrite the ideals of beauty. Our job is to harness and facilitate positive body image activism by encouraging women to be more accepting of who they are, to use positive language regarding their bodies and others, and to prioritise health before beauty. Our goal is to reach as many women as possible around the world and speak to them about how we can learn to fully embrace and love our bodies.
Adelaide documentary maker Taryn Brumfitt tackles body shaming issues in new film Embrace
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After Taryn Brumfitt shared her photo online, she received more than 7,000 emails in support and decided to make a documentary about body image.
In 2012, the Adelaide mother of three was unhappy with her shape and contemplating breast augmentation and a tummy tuck.
But while watching her daughter Mikaela play, she began to wonder how she could teach her daughter to have a positive relationship with her body.
As an experiment Ms Brumfitt decided to train as a body builder for 15 weeks instead of having of cosmetic surgery.
"I trained and I got the body and then I discovered that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be," she told 891 ABC Adelaide's Mornings program.
"When I learnt that and went on that journey, I realised so many women are looking in all of the wrong places for body acceptance and body love.
She gave up body building and decided to share a before-and-after photograph of herself online.
The images received more than 100 million views worldwide and led to thousands of requests for interviews.
In the 12 months following her publication of the images, Ms Brumfitt recalled being interviewed by countless programs around the world, but felt she was not telling the full story.
"I became increasingly frustrated that four-minute interviews were never enough and this wasn't a fluffy body image story," she said.
"I had a story that I wanted to share."
Over the year she was also contacted by thousands of women with similar experiences.
Frustrated by the lack of time given in mainstream media, Ms Brumfitt founded the Body Image Foundation and then decided to make a documentary.
"I spent the next two years travelling, filming, editing and living with one giant cold sore — it was really stressful."
Common thread of physical judgment and mental unhappiness
"Every single place that I visited and all of the women and some of the men I spoke to as well had something negative to say about their body," Ms Brumfitt said.
"It is a real epidemic of body shaming and body loathing and it is quite heartbreaking."
During the filming of her documentary, Ms Brumfitt interviewed journalist Mia Freedman, body image researcher Professor Marika Tiggeman, UK talk show host Amanda de Cadenet, body image blogger Jess Baker and motivational speaker Turia Pitt.
As she spoke to women around the world in her making of the documentary, Embrace, she found a common answer.
"We don't live in a society that supports body love and body acceptance," Ms Brumfitt said.
"Unfortunately corporate greed and power and marketeers want to ram these messages down our throats that say that we should be something other than what we are."
She included the following message for her daughter in the film: "Darling girl, don't waste a single day of your life being at war with your body — just embrace it."
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