Sisters in Beauty Rebellion!

• being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosa — Shani Raviv

  

  Shani Raviv is a writing teacher and author of the coming-of-age book being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosa. Ten years ago she began her healing journey and now considers herself fully recovered.

  Besides therapy, a meal plan, yoga practice and tons of soul searching, Shani believes that writing her story and sharing it healed her.

  

  Singer/songwriter, Anna Nalick's, Breathe (2 AM) lyrics say it all, says Shani.  If I get it all down on paper it's no longer inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to. 

  Shani gives talks and readings for being Ana and leads mini-memoir writing workshops for teens because she believes in the healing power of sharing our hearts through our words.

  For more information about Shani, visit http://www.shaniraviv.com

• Project BodyTalk - Harriet Brown

  

  Inspired by her own experiences growing up in a family obsessed with thinness, Harriet Brown created Project BodyTalk to offer a safe place where people can share how they feel about their bodies. Contribute your own commentary or to listen to other people's on the Project BodyTalk web site.

  

  Harriet Brown is an assistant professor of magazine journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She is the author of Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia and has written for the New York Times and many other publications.

• Holly Pinafore Magazine - Danielle Travali

  

  This online mag is full of positivity!

  After overcoming anxiety, depression and eating disorders that nearly ruined her life, the very determined Danielle Travali (otherwise known as Holly Pinafore) became a writer, cook, website entrepreneur, YouTube video producer, life coach and certified personal trainer. She holds a master's degree in Journalism from Quinnipiac University.

  She's a hip, savvy, no-nonsense gal who's ready to show women of all ages how wonderful, beautiful and full of potential they really are!

  Holly also serves up some tasty and healthful recipes via a fun cooking show.

• You'd Be So Pretty If... - Dara Chadwick

  

  Dara Chadwick is a freelance journalist, mother and activist working to boost body image in the next generation of women.

  She says, I grew up listening to my mom bemoan everything from the size of her thighs to the shape of her eyes. So you can imagine my dismay the first time someone exclaimed, You look just like your mother!

  Inspired to try and help other mothers find ways of encouraging their daughters to feel good about their bodies, Dara wrote a book which will be available in May of 2009 called You'd Be So Pretty If...: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies -- Even When We Don't Love Our Own.

  For more about Dara and her upcoming book, check out http://www.youdbesoprettyif.com

• You Are Not Alone - Andrea Roe

  

  Andrea Roe is an author and speaker whose mission is to help people struggling with eating disorders realize that they are not alone and that recovery IS possible.

  Her first book, You Are Not Alone: The Book of Companionship For Women Struggling With Eating Disorders is full of inspirational stories from 34 different women around the world. In addition to recovery stories, You Are Not Alone Volume 2 includes poems and artwork. There is also a Companion CD of songs by women who are either recovered or in strong recovery.

• PROUDgirls.com - Diane Prefontaine and Carla Alpert

  

  PROUDGirls.com is an exclusive place where girls and women can connect to find inspiration, build friendships and learn how to refocus their inner dialog to live a powerful and meaningful life.

  Co-founders Diane Prefontaine (left) and Carla Alpert (right) founded PROUD Girls Inc. in March 2007 because of their shared passion and mission to change the lives of girls and women across the globe.

  They encourage women to embrace their unique beauty and individual strengths and to use their power to make significant differences in their lives, communities and the world.

• Colleen Perry

  

  Colleen Perry is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist whose mission is to care for, nurture, and enhance the self worth of women. She envisions a world where women feel joyful about living their lives knowing that their beauty and power lies within.
  

• Demandit.org - Bethany Brownholtz

  

  Bethany Brownholtz is a young woman committed to discouraging the objectification of women in advertising and helping connect concerned activists. She created Demandit, a social change web site, when she was a college student. Her tag line is Demand Reality. Demand Respect.

  On Bethany's Blacklist she offers examples of particularly disrespectful advertisements with a link underneath each to contact the company responsible and let them know what you think.

  I feel that our culture has gone too far. I've had it with sexually explicit ads saturated with pressures to be thin and to be conventionally beautiful, says Bethany. We need to think about the implications of these images for women, and men too. Media literacy is so important. Media is everywhere and we need to learn to be discerning.

  Warning: Some material on this site may be shocking or offensive. The selected advertisements are intended to make us think and to initiate discussion and social change action. Not recommended for those under the age of 13 (although most featured ads have appeared in readily accessible magazines or in public places.)

• Love Your Body Show - Sara Yates

  

  Sara Yates is an artist who created the Love Your Body Show celebrating body diversity. She says expressive art helped her to heal from anorexia. Sara is now compiling a book of artwork and writing called Making Peace with the Body.

• The Doll Project - Denise DiJoseph

  

  Here's an inspired pilot program we support: The Doll Project is a Barbie makeover program designed to promote girls' self-exploration and self-expression.

  Under the guidance of The Doll Project creator, Denise DiJoseph, girls in homeless shelters will have the opportunity to use art materials to recreate donated Barbie dolls in a way that reflects who they are.

The Dressing Room Project is an initiative of Emerging Women Projects
a non profit organization for teen girls’ empowerment.