New Year's ReVolutions Resources

2011-01-31T13:09:00.000-08:00

Action Item: STANDards!

2011-01-30T09:22:00.000-08:00

Join us in showing the world there is better use of Photoshop® than telling bullies it is okay to target fat kids.

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If you want to take a STAND and add your picture to the growing number of people who are showing off their STANDards, then send your photo, a brief statement of what you "stand for" (or against) and any photo credits or limits to publication to marilyn@fatso.com (A wonderful team of volunteers are helping her get these photos processed as quickly as possible!)

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Action Item: Profile Picture

2011-01-30T07:00:00.000-08:00

Please participate by changing your Facebook and Twitter profile pictures to an image such as one of those below, or another image that represents something that makes you feel good about and in your body.

Not sure what to post? How about the HAES® image created by Amanda of FatWaitress.com specifically for the New Year’s Revolution event:

By special request, we had added this image created by Pattie of fattypatties.com for this website:

And now another alternative for your profile picture (some people are planning to rotate between these on a regular basis throughout the month, so there's an idea). Any way, here's a close-up of the flabulous Yay! Scale for your use (thanks Deb Burgard):

Another alternative submitted by Michaela Null, to Revolt!:

For instructions on how to insert a picture as your FaceBook profile, please click here. (You will need Adobe Reader to see these instructions.)

Update: Here are some buttons from Andrea F. -- email Pattie if you want her to send one to you for a profile picture OR click on the slide show and capture it for yourself.

Action Item: Facebook Status

2011-01-29T07:45:00.000-08:00

Please post one of the following messages, or something similar, on January 1 to explain your new profile picture. Consider reposting the message throughout the month of January so that it continues to capture attention.

I'm starting a New Year's Revolution. I've changed my profile pic to an image that inspires me to love my body and seek out Health at Every Size®, and I'm participating in the New Year's ReVolutions. Visit HAES® Inspirations for ideas. New Year's Resolutions are so often about body hate and not being good enough just as we are. Join me and spread body love, acceptance, and liberation! Change your profile pic to an image of something that makes you feel good in your own skin, and repost this message to encourage others to do the same.

I'm part of a New Year's Revolution. I've changed my profile pic to an image that inspires me to love my body and seek out Health at Every Size®. Change your profile pic to an image of something that makes you feel good in your own skin, and re-post this message to encourage others to do the same. For extra credit, take action to reinforce body love TODAY. Visit HAES® Inspirations for ideas to get you started!

We're creating a New Year's Revolution! My profile pic is an image that reminds me to love my body and screen out negative messages this month that tell me otherwise. Let's not let the diet industry tell us how we feel about our bodies, our beauty, and our worth. Instead of New Year's Resolutions this year, what is your New Year's REVOLUTION? Join the New Year's Revolution and visit HAES® Inspiration!

Action Item: Twitter Posts / #HAES® Hashtag

2011-01-28T08:07:00.000-08:00

Please post about the New Year’s Revolution on January 1, and use the hashtag #HAES®. We hope to have #HAES® reach the top 10 most popular hashtags on New Year’s Day!

In your Twitter posts, be sure to direct people to:

The New Year’s Revolution Facebook Event
(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170500166324089)

and/or

The New Year’s Revolution Resources Page
(http://2011revolutions.blogspot.com/).

Then consider tweeting throughout the month about the positive things you are doing to reVolutionize your New Year, using the #HAES® tag with each tweet.

To show the registered trade mark, use "& reg ;" with no spaces.

Action Item: Blogging

2011-01-27T08:14:00.000-08:00

If you have a blog, consider writing about the New Year's ReVolutions. Make sure we have your blog in our blogstream at the bottom of the page so that your entries will appear on the resources page.

If your blog is not there, contact Pattie or leave information in comments and she will add it.

If you see an article in the Fat Friendly Blogs Stream below, consider posting it on Facebook or tweeting it on Twitter. The more we support each other, the more people will be drawn to our movement.

Action Item: Add to Resources

2011-01-26T08:46:00.000-08:00

Something missing from this page?

Either put it in the comments or send Pattie the information.

This is Resource Central! Help us make the connections.

Action Item: Follow this Website

2011-01-25T16:55:00.000-08:00

One last way you can help that is very easy to do and will help bring our Google Search profile up is to click on the "Follow" button in the left sidebar.

You can follow via Google, FaceBook or Twitter accounts.

Also, linking to this website on your blogs and websites will also help increase visibility.

Thanks!

Action Item: Pass Along "Lose the Hate, Not the Weight" Press Release

2011-01-05T13:37:00.000-08:00

So, we never are sure if there is a direct relationship, but Kellogg's announced on January 4, 2011 a new ad campaign that uses a scale suspiciously close to the YAY! scale created by Marilyn Wann. While this was an action from last year, they are at it again in 2012, so please read and respond if you choose.

One of the ways you can spread the Revolutionary word is to pass along this press release issued today by Ms. Wann: "Lose the Hate, Not the Weight!

Feel free to pass along to media, to post links and to write about this on blogs. This is an opportunity to tell the diet industry that enough is enough!

If you want to send feedback to Kellogg's directly, visit this page for contact information worldwide.

Action Item: Boycott ABC's "The Revolution," premiering January 16, 2012

2011-01-04T14:52:00.000-08:00

A new daytime talk show, called The Revolution, aimed at "revolutionizing" women through weight loss and makeovers is scheduled to premier as a replacement for One Life to Live on ABC daytime television. Those of us working on this website are somewhat suspicious of 3 Ball Productions (yeah, the folks who do The Biggest Loser) titling of this show.
If you look at show's logo you see a check mark for the "v" that is reminiscent of our motto: "ReVolutions not Resolutions!"

Perhaps we are too paranoid, but the premise of this show is that fat women are fat because they do not take care of themselves and that makes it not revolutionary at all. Intended to give them the kind of high quality support movie stars receive (life coaching, fashion coaching, hair and make-up, personal trainers, etc.), the show cannot escape the central message that women are empowered by how they look not who they are. In other words, this pretty package is the same old lies about the meaning of fat and weight loss in our culture.

As one of the actions this month, we ask that you let others know how bad the premise of this show is and maybe even take a moment to contact 3 Ball Productions and tell them what a bad idea this show really is.

Action: Tell Your Story at PDA Nation

2010-12-31T19:20:00.000-08:00

We will be collecting stories between now during January 2012 to share in our ReVolutions, not Resolutions campaign. You can leave your story by adding a responding video on YouTube or leaving a comment or a link to your blog on this page. Let the world know, you are living your life right now!