GET REAL! Toolkit • Activities
Body Positive Pledge
Take the Body Positive Pledge
and let people know where you
stand on picture-perfect body
images in the media.
• I promise to move beyond society’s ideal body
standards and embrace my own body.
Sign here:
Date: • I promise to tell myself one positive thing
about my body every time I look in the mirror
and appreciate that I am original and there’s
only one me.
• I pledge to respect my body and not try to fit
media’s image of attractiveness.
Take Action
• I promise to keep a healthy and active lifestyle
for myself and no one else.
Here are two ways to spread the
word—make sure to use the hashtag
#ipledgetogetreal. • I pledge not to judge people based on their
body shape and size, especially if they do not
fit the cultural body ideal.
1. Choose at least three promises and
share them on your social media
accounts. • I pledge to be proactive about negative
body images and challenge unrealistic and
demeaning body talk.
2. Post an unretouched, unfiltered image
of yourself along with a link back to
this toolkit.
• I pledge to advocate for positive body image
messages—that includes not to buy from
companies or support organizations that use
unrealistic and unattainable body ideals to
sell a product or promote a cause.
• I pledge not to retouch my photos in order to
enhance my appearance online.
Reflect: How did your social media followers react
to your pledges? How do you feel about your
unretouched, unflitered selfie?
• I pledge to become more media literate and
think critically about what I see, hear and
read, especially on social media.
• Finally, I pledge to love my body unconditionally.
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