[ Poll ] ~Operation Beautiful~ New Poll <3

What do you love the most about yourself?

My body		4.0%	[ 11 ]
My brain		18.8%	[ 52 ]
My personality		20.6%	[ 57 ]
Everything!		21.7%	[ 60 ]
Nothing		23.8%	[ 66 ]
Other		11.2%	[ 31 ]

Total Votes: 277

[Starlurk]

What is Operation Beautiful?

Operation Beautiful is a project devoted to reminding yourself and other people that you/they are indeed beautiful and deserve to love yourself/themselves, one sticky note at a time. The goal of Operation Beautiful is to leave as many loving and positive sticky notes in as many places that you can: grocery stores, bathrooms, etc. The ultimate mission of Operation Beautiful is to be happy with your appearance.

One of the biggest missions of Operation Beautiful is to end Fat Talk. (more on that in a second.)

This thread is a place to:

- Be happy with your appearance.
- Spread love, one sticky note at a time.
- Improve our self-esteem.
- Discuss how the media portrays beauty and how we can rise above it.
- Post images of our own sticky notes if we want to.

This thread is a welcome home to everyone, regardless of: Gender, Race, Age, Ability, Religion, Sexual Preference, Shape, and Size. No matter what! If you are attacked in this thread based on the above the offender will be removed.

Index
1. Introduction
2. Rules
3. What is Fat Talk and Beauty?
4. Resources
5. Secret Santa

[Starlurk]

Rules

- Follow the TOS.

- No discussing weight related issues: weight loss, dieting, exercising for the purpose of losing weight. This is one I expect we'll have a lot of problems with, so let me be clear: If you want to talk about weight, how people should lose/gain weight, how you believe people will feel better if they lose/gain weight, you can go to another thread to do so. This is not up for debate, this thread will be a safe place for people who want to talk about self-esteem and what makes them feel good without having to see prejudice related to weight.
* Talking about exercise that makes you feel good is okay.

- This thread is not a place to discuss who deserves sticky notes and who does not. By participating in this project you are agreeing that everyone deserves sticky notes.

- This thread is not a place to discuss whether or not Operation Beautiful promotes those who are unhealthy. This rule will be removed when the thread has gone on for a little bit.
* So, for now, if you'd like to discuss whether or not Operation Beautiful is good on those poor unhealthy people who just don't know better without your help, you can move it to ED or GD.

- No discussing methods on making yourself *look* better. There are other threads for this as well.
* Discussing what makes you *feel* better is okay. Feel free to rejoice at a haircut that makes you feel better! Do not feel free to comment if you think someone else would look better with a different haircut.

- This thread will be open to people of all ages so please keep this thread PG.

- Disagreeing with someone is fine, insulting someone is not.

- Negative remarks about someone's appearance will result in an automatic ban.

- Please don't use this as a place to insult yourself either. This isn't a place to talk about what you hate about yourself. This isn't a bannable offense, and you're free to talk about it, but be prepared for people to fight you with love on it. ;P This is a place where you're forced to think about what you like about yourself. And if you'd like to tell us what you like about yourself, that'll be just wonderful. whee

Any trolls or repeat offenders will be banned. You might not even receive a warning. Honestly, these aren't hard rules to follow so you shouldn't even need a warning.

[Starlurk]

What is Fat Talk?

Taken from Healthy Tipping Point

Quote:

As Jillian Michaels said,"Fat talk is transcending…. It affects your reality and damages you professionally, personally, and physically."

You know what Fat Talk is, chances are you engage in it often. Do I look fat in this? You look great, did you lose weight? Look at her size, She shouldn't be wearing that! I feel so fat.

Fat Talk happens in people of all shapes,sizes, and genders, from the shortest skinniest guy you know to the tallest heaviest girl you know.

Quote:

If only one thing about this discussion about Fat Talk resonates with you, remember this: When you feel guilty about food, you are experiencing distorted thinking.

Quote:

Guilt is internal Fat Talk.

It is shaming yourself for not meeting a perfectionist ideal that is unattainable and determined by the rigid standards our society has created! If you wouldn’t say it out loud to a friend, why would you say it to yourself?

Maybe right now you’re thinking: "But a little guilt can be a GOOD thing!" or "Guilt is a normal reaction to indulging!" But, if guilt was healthy or "normal," it would be PRODUCTIVE and it would make you HAPPY. Do you find yourself feeling guilty over food a lot? Well, then — you’re repeating the same actions over and over again, and clearly… Guilt isn’t productive, it doesn’t work, and it only serves to lower your self -esteem. Guilt is a waste of time and takes away from productive things you could be doing with your time — meditating, studying, sleeping, calling your friends on the phone, and more.

Please read the whole article: Healthy Tipping Point

What is Beauty?

Quote:

beau⋅ti⋅ful
  /ˈbyutəfəl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [byoo-tuh-fuhl]

–adjective
1. having beauty; having qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
2. excellent of its kind: a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.
3. wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.

People aren't just beautiful on the outside, they're also beautiful on the inside. People that you may find completely physically unattractive can still be very beautiful on the inside. Everyone deserves to feel beautiful inside and out. It is not the job of this thread to determine who deserves to feel this way.

[Starlurk]

Awesome Resources

General Videos
Dove Beauty Pressure

Skin Color
A clip from A Girl Like Me
Skin Whitener Advertisements
Fair and Lovely Ad - India

Weight Related
The BMI Project
7 Signs Your Body Image Is Bruised and How to Fix it (Honestly this one is good for anything you're unhappy about with your body, just replace some of the words with what's bothering you.)
First, Do No Harm
Thin and losing weight? You're not fat, you're anorexic or bullimic. (A girl's account of being ignored by doctors)

Two videos on Fat Talk
Fat Talk 2008
Fat Talk 2009

Blogs
Operation Beautiful
Gives Me Hope
A Revolution: Love Yourself

Online Groups
All Shapes and Sizes - Ning Group

Need help? These resources may help you
Hotlines, websites, and help locators (Taken from TWLOHA)

More to come soon!

[Starlurk]

Extra Stuff

Banners:

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Feel free to make your own banners! The more the merrier!

White List:
LadyEladrin
laurenwithoutsound

Affiliates:

Fat Acceptance and Health at Every Size
Aspergers/Autism Support Thread
SuperMoms! <A Parenting Support Thread>
We Care - Self Harming Support - We Love You <3
Skinny Girls Deserve Support Too (A Skinny Support Thread)
Single Parent Support Thread







Please tell me if you'd like to be affiliates heart

[Starlurk]

Illogically Yours

~Operation Secret Santa~


Hi one and all, We've decided to do an OB Secret Santa.
We will now open up applications for gifters.

- These rules are finalized. Please read them and
agree to them before sending in an application.
- There will be three price brackets. 5,000 - 10,000 gg,
10,000 - 30,000 gg, and a Cash Shop price bracket if
there is enough interest. The ceiling will be 500 GC ($5).
- You may submit only one entry to each price bracket.
- Please, please, please check your overall gold amount
before signing up. If you don't think you'll have enough,
it's better to not participate than to participate and leave
someone giftless.
- When you sign up for a price bracket, make sure you have
items on your wishlist that fall in that price range.
- Applications ARE CLOSED.
- You will have until Friday Dec. 18th (two business
weeks) to shop for your Secret Santa.
- Gifts will be exchanged on Sunday Dec. 20th.

An afterthought: Because your price limit is 5-10k
and 10-30k doesn't mean that a single item has
to be 5-10k/10-30k. If you look at a person's wishlist
and find two or three items totaling between 5-10k
or 10-30k, you may choose to buy multiple gifts
as long as you don't go over or under the ceiling.

If you need any help with funding (and by help I mean
you're less than 2000 gold short for 5-10k or 5000 gold
short for 10-30k for your items) (Starlurk's note: Booty Grab is an *awesome* way to make gold, so please go try that too.) I will be happy to provide you
some assistance.

To apply copy and paste this into your reply. Fill in the blanks.

[b][color=green]Name:[/b] [insert name here][/color]
[b][color=red]Check your brackets:[/b] 5-10k [ ] 10-30k [ ] Cash Shop [ ][/color]
[b][color=green]I have read and understand the rules:[/b] [ ][/color]
[b][color=red]I am loved:[/b] [ ][/color]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[Starlurk]

Polls:


How many sticky notes do you post in a week?
0 70.2% [ 422 ]
1-5 16.8% [ 101 ]
6-10 6.3% [ 38 ]
20+ 6.7% [ 40 ]
Total Votes: 601

[Kimberly The Super Lawyer]

What's the difference between self-confidence and being full of oneself?

[Tonya636Marie]

this is an alsome thread idea i think it will help lots of people.

[Starlurk]

Kimberly The Super Lawyer

What's the difference between self-confidence and being full of oneself?

I imagine the person with confidence doesn't need to ignore others to feel good about themselves. Whereas you usually imagine the person, who is just full of themselves, as someone who wants to bring other people down.

[TAY is twisted]

-_-;

[i have no identity]

I don't get it. neutral

[Starlurk]

Tonya636Marie

this is an alsome thread idea i think it will help lots of people.

Thanks! Make yourself at home and feel free to spread the word. heart

[vintage zoo]

My plan on Monday is take stickies to school and write nice messages. I hope people feel better.