Aspiring to be average - a teaser

Today is a first time milestone for me. I've made a blog posting in a location that's not my own blog. But listen, this is important. It's no ordinary blog.

The Blogger Body Calendar is a collaborative project, the outcome of which is calendar for 2010 which features 12 bloggers portraying their beautiful bodies as nature intended. And we're not talking photoshopped, retouched, anorexic models - we're looking at real women (and man).

Body image is a serious topic today, as more and more young people struggle to achieve a look that the media has defined for them. A look which is in some cases a false image, thanks to retouching. In most cases it's certainly not a healthy image.

In the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with binge eating disorder.

I have two little girls who are perfect in every way, and I hope that I can teach them to love their own bodies, and not allow themselves to be judged by the media or their peers. But working against the monopoly is hard.

The participants in the Blogger Body Project believe that a healthy body image is important. Young people are bombarded every day with messages that their self worth correlates to the size of their jeans or bra size. We do not believe in a society where worth is judged by individual beauty.

Proceeds raised from the sale of the calendar (after printing costs) will be donated to the National Eat‐ ing Disorders Association (NEDA). The calendar and the charity are both US based, but the problem of body image is world wide.

Please pop over to read my post - Aspiring to be average - at Blogger Body Calendar - and better yet, please consider ordering a copy of the calendar.