‘I woke up this morning and decided I’m over Hollywood’s perfection requirement. To all my girls (and boys) who have ever been embarrassed by their skin! I salute you! I’m not perfect – and that’s okay with me!’
Salute to AnnaLynne!”
Image via Imgur, via Twitter. Quotes via Reddit:
“I actually like her natural self a lot more. I think her curly hair is gorgeous and I’m not a fan of the plastic look in general…Real is better than edited.”
“Mad props. Im sure this made tonnes of people out there feel better about themselves.”
“I try my damned hardest to remain “above” damaging media portrayals of women. I don’t let it bother me, and I have pretty decent self esteem as a result. But as someone who has always struggled with acne (my skin looks very similar to hers in the umakeup’d pic), to the point that I have actually cried over it and how worthless and unattractive it makes me feel, this actually makes me feel pretty great.”
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Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant magazine, now
elephantjournal.com & host of
Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat." Voted
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Shambhala Sun, & 100 Most Influential People in Health & Fitness 2011 by "Greatist", Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi, 365-day bicycle commuter & best friend to Redford (his rescue hound). His aim: to bring the good news re: "the mindful life" beyond the choir & to all those who didn't know they gave a care.
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I don't know who this is either but she looks like a normal person you might want to hang out with in the right photo (and amazing hair!) and a plastic multiethnic barbie doll in the left. I know which one I prefer!
Uh, wow! She's even more beautiful WITHOUT perfect hair and makeup than with all that fake-up. I can't get over her hair…look at those beautiful curls!
Thanks for posting this, it really made me smile and think of how beautiful the world and its people really are.
Who is Annalynn McCord?
Good for her! I love this. Hopefully more women will see this and realize that true beauty lies within.
I am not aware of her work but I have really found a huge LIKE for her with this and I think she looks way better with her natural look. So awesome she did that:) Great thing for a young lady role model type to do in Hollywood! Bravo!
she looks so beautiful without makeup and natural!!!
This post just made my day. My ex would always say how pretty I am, and so does my current bf. I never really believed them, but this picture kind of makes me understand now. I think she looks amazing, “bad” skin and all.
I think she's beautiful either way, but, is it possible it's not just natural but the effects of a Hollywood lifestyle.
Thanks for re-posting Way, and for your thoughts.
But I'm sitting here biting my lip.
Why?
Because nearly every single one of your advertisements, including your own Elephant Journal banner, features what we (the consumer) have come to associate with standard media imagery. The images that you, your writers, editors, and advertisers have chosen to post alongside your content are not unlike the "edited," "barbie" version of AnnaLynn featured in the image above. Each time I choose to click on any link attached to Elephant Journal, I am bombarded with images of women who are thin, half-naked, and by all media standards, the status quo for what is beautiful in our culture.
Right now, on my computer screen as I browse your journal, I see an image of a "yoga goddess" who is dressed like she is about to dance a set at a strip club, an ad for "Live Hot Yoga," a VERY skinny "naked" person/woman, and another image of a scantily clad woman contorted into what must be some type of sexy yoga position.
Shall I go on?
The images that you (yes YOU my friend Waylon) choose to perpetuate are ALSO worthy of some serious deconstruction.
Will yoga make me young, thin and beautiful or do I have to already be young, thin and beautiful in order to do yoga?
Do high heels and back bends go hand in hand in your yoga world, because I can tell you from experience that they sure as HELL don't in the real world.
Are these images of women selling me yoga, or are they women selling me sex? Or is both? I can't tell.
Let's talk about "LIVE HOT YOGA," shall we?
Sure read one way it is a cute and innocuous play on words and a neato way to advertise a yoga school. But if I read it with the alternate meaning in mind, am I to assume that I will be watching women perform LIVE HOT YOGA from behind a plexiglass window while seated on a sticky, stained vinyl couch? Do I pay to watch or can I join in? Does it require lotion or just a lot of one dollar bills? Or maybe I can pay by credit card and watch on my computer. That would be hot.
On many levels Elephant Journal is doing wonderful things, but don't forget to take a look around at the water in this funky fish bowl of ours.
If you are going to talk the talk, you best figure out a way to start walking the walk.
Just keepin' it real.
Your friend and fellow stumbler on the miserable, wondrous, heart breaking, and joyous path of the bodhisattva,
Sage
Good on her!! Great post, thanks!!
Its a struggle being a girl in this day and age, but luckily my yoga keep me grounded. More posts like this please!!
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