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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. Get REAL! about Media and Body Image | California State University, Northrdige | National Eating Disorders Association