Saturday...

I have sent a mass text with instructions for body image presentations. I am posting the assignment here in case anyone loses it.

For Saturday morning, please work on a body image project and come to section with a well thought out, physical manifestation (through movement, art, poetry, speech, photography, etc.) of what you are working on and be prepared to talk for five minutes about it. What you bring in doesn't have to be complete if you don't want it to be because we will revisit this later on, but it should be enough to represent your relationship with your body/body image. For inspiration, think about how your body *works.* What does it do for you, every day? How does it privilege you? Do you love it? Hate it? Take it for granted? How do you view yourself in the mirror? How do you think others view you? How do you want them to? Have you battled with body image "issues" or eating disorders? Dig deep...reflect. Remember previous exercises when you have said you wished you had thought about it more, and take the time to re-learn yourself and care about this aspect of you this week.

If anyone feels uncomfortable with having food at the workshop on Saturday, please text/call/email us so that we can let everyone know the brunch is a no-go and we are putting it off. In the past, some participants have found food triggering in this context and requested it not be present.

For the project...be creative! Take risks. In the past, people have put on performances in which they apply their makeup and go through their daily routine while speaking, made dance videos, taken off all their clothes and spoken about it, written on themselves and spoke about it, created visual art, written monologues, talked about a big transformation, performed strip teases, etc. You have unlimited options so please, have fun&&&do ya thang.
K&D