1. BEAUTY, SELF- IMAGE AND BODY SHAMING Prof. Lucrecia Dari

2. BEAUTY Prof. Lucrecia Dari 3. What is BEAUTY? In groups discuss the following questions. Jot down your answers; then write your own dictionary definition of beauty and share with the rest of the group What do you consider beauty? Who decides what beauty is and what it is not? Is beauty a social construction or a mark of personal taste Prof. Lucrecia Dari 4. Now find at least 3 dictionary definitions of beauty and compare them to the ones you created in groups. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 5. Reflect on the following quotes in groups and then share with the rest of the class Beauty is being the best posible version of yourself inside out. Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. Its about accepting who you are. Inner beauty is for fat people. . I'm tired of all the nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want -- an adorable pancreas? There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting. No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 6. Look at the following pictures, who do you feel most attracted to? Explain why Prof. Lucrecia Dari 7. Watch the following video in which Michio Kaku explains why we feel attracted to certain people. Take down notes. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 8. Read the article Constructed Beauty and our Obsession with image by Anna Hosain and discuss in groups. Choose 10 vocabulary items that can summarize the main idea in the text. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-hosain/constructed-beauty-and-ou_b_4809399.html Prof. Lucrecia Dari 9. Now watch the TED talk by Cameron Russell Prof. Lucrecia Dari 10. Answer the questions on the video: How long has she been a model? Why does she change her outfit at the beginning of the talk? What does she say about image? How was her first modelling experience? What are the questions people always ask her? What are some of her answers? What does she say about her pictures? What is it like to be a model according to Cameron? Why is she insecure? What is her final conclusion? Prof. Lucrecia Dari 11. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder or in the skills of the photoshop artist. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 12. The 23 Worst Photoshop Fails Of 2013 The Most WTF Celebrity Photoshop Fails Of All Time This Is What Mariah Carey Looks Like Before And After Photoshop 12 Fotos de famosas antes y despus del Photoshop 28 Before And Afters That Show The Transformative Power Of Makeup This Is What Celebrities Actually Look Like Without Makeup http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/makeup-before-and-afters http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/this-is-what-celebrities-actually-look-like-without-makeup http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/makeup-before-and-afters http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/these-gifs-show-mariah-carey-before-and-after-photoshop-and http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicalima/fotos-de-famosos-antes-y-despues-del-photoshop http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/the-most-wtf-celebrity-photoshop-fails-of-all-time Go to the BuzzFeed website and take a look at the following posts: Prof. Lucrecia Dari 13. In group write a list of pros and cons of wearing make-up and using Photoshop (and even Instagram filters) to alter pictures. Do we need them? Why do we use them? Are they becoming an addiction? If these aids are used to construct unreachable, unreal beauty standards, why do we try to conform to them? Make-up, Filters and Photoshop Prof. Lucrecia Dari 14. Read the article Bodies arent ugly, bullying is What is the Project about? Go to Facebook and take a look at the photo album. What do you think of the people in the pictures? How do you feel about the Google autocomplete searches? What is behind all this hatred towards fat people? How can this situation change? https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.440596846040673.1073741825.163269230440104&type=3 Prof. Lucrecia Dari http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/10/the-militant-baker-bodies-arent-ugly-bullying-is_n_4413252.html 15. Discuss Bakers reflection upon the issue: As long as we continue to demonize and degrade one body type, we will never reach true body acceptance as a society. And until we reach true body acceptance as a society, we will continue to see low self-esteem, depression, eating disorders, sabotaged relationships, employment inequality, sky high suicide rates, and all sorts of other social infirmities. No more please. No more. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 16. Create your own poster Ask a partner to take a picture of you and try to generate your own autocomplete search. You can try googling other terms related to body stereotypes. If you want, you can share the results with the group. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 17. BODY- SHAMING Prof. Lucrecia Dari 18. Google the term body-shaming Find the definition, provide examples and pictures to clarify its meaning. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 19. http://nobodyshame.com/ Find about the campaign and then create your own. Think of a name, a slogan, a purpose and a strategy /gudeline /instruction /Project, etc. . Then write a blog entry with a brief description of the campaign. Now visit the website Prof. Lucrecia Dari 20. To integrate everything we have dealt with, write a piece dealing with the topics that have been discussed. You can explore different conceptions of beauty; you can give your HONEST opinion on attractiveness; you can talk about your self-image, what has shaped it and how to improve it; you can narrate a story of a body-shaming experience the sky is the limit. Prof. Lucrecia Dari 21. Listen to Beautiful Body bt Natalie Patterson Just listen to it, and enjoy it Prof. Lucrecia Dari 22. Prof. Lucrecia Dari