To be a woman is to always be striving for an unattainable ideal of beauty

[Sarah Ibarruri]

I'm watching an excellent documentary on the OWN Channel.

Daddies, grandpops, moms, sisters, brothers, boyfriends, girlfriends, aunts, uncles, everyone needs to see this.

It's an expose on how the media's representation of women (as sex objects, as evil, wearing sexually-revealing clothing, as victims of murder, as stupid, as creatures to ridicule, etc.) is almost always negative.

If you have girls or women in your family (and who doesn't?), you seriously need to see this.

Great documentary!

See the trailer here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1784538/

It will be repeated during the week.

[msongs]

1. step one of liberation - face washing and quit putting that colored gunk on it :-) nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Step 2: start complaining to the media about newscasters dressing like cocktail waitresses nt

[msanthrope]

7. Makeup is 'organized dirt.' nt

[blueamy66]

10. what's wrong with makeup?

nt?

If makeup on women is so bad, men shouldn't put any gel in their hair or shave for that matter. Hey, and don't clip that nose or ear hair.

judgmental

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. The main problem women seem to face is summed up in this quote by William Gibson:

“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes."

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. That surely is part of it! nt

[CrispyQ]

6. Outstanding!

:applause:

[Turn CO Blue]

12. +1

[Lucinda]

13. Love it!

[sammytko]

4. Not me - already attained! I am beautiful

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. That's the spirit!

[LadyInAZ]

9. they should always run articles...

and documentaries about this... we are who we are... some are so depressed or even oppressed with the pursuit...

[Sarah Ibarruri]

11. I agree. nt