The interview is well worth a listen with a pen and paper as we look at where we get these perceptions of who and what we should look like and how we can see the influences as just that, influences. Building a sense of who we are and dating ourselves came back again…getting to know the true beauty that we all are regardless of what our heads can tell us sometimes.
The 2nd half of the show built on the first by looking at how food can affect our mood and perhaps contribute to this negative talk.
We unpacked and undressed the not so deliciousness of sugar! Yes, being someone who lived on sugar in all its forms for many years I was a marketers dream. I remember watching the The Men Who Made Us Fat on ABC and realising I had fallen hook line and sinker for all their marketing tricks in the 70s! I was quite furious with myself for not seeing the manipulation but I also now appreciate that they were and still are working very hard for me to not see it...so I now have to choose to see what the motivation behind much of the advertising and marketing I come across is. That is for another show!
I have added a link should you be interested to some interesting articles.
Lastly, thank you, it was a great show and I have included all the resources to the side in case you want to follow any of them up.
The Rachael Kane song mentioned during the show can be found here...although not for sale till the festival itself.
This is a beautiful series from a project called Give Us the Floor. This blog is by 17 year old Robyn whose story speaks for itself...there are 3 parts to it.