OPINION One night in 2013, I hit “post” on a pair of unconventional before and after photos on Facebook and went to bed. I had no idea what that mouse click was about to spark.
Over the past 10 years, my work as a body image advocate has taken me from the Mount Panorama racetrack in Bathurst to Google HQ in Silicon Valley and everywhere in between.
I woke up to find my Facebook feed full of likes and comments, and the photos have now been seen by more than 100 million people around the world. That moment was the beginning of the journey that brought me to the Canberra stage. Our bodies are extraordinary when you think about it – and yet, we have been taught to hate them. For decades, we have been bombarded with misery-inducing messages that we are too big, too small, too short, too tall, too dark, too fair … and it’s destroying us. Most worryingly, it’s destroying our young people.young Australians between the ages of 16 and 25 report body image distress, a number that has more than doubled in the past 14 years.
We can start to advocate for change in the settings and environment around us for a truly comprehensive approach that addresses these issues at an individual, community, organisational and societal level.I know because I’ve done it. And trust me, you don’t need to be an activist, an expert or health professional to be part of the change. All it takes is a shift in your perspective, and you can start that shift today.
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