“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love!
I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away!
Do not try to make me feel like less of a person,
just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be
and don't try to change me to fit your mold.
If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%,
good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love!
I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away!
Do not try to make me feel like less of a person,
just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be
and don't try to change me to fit your mold.
If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%,
good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”
Activities
Some of the following questions are in the end of the book Wintergirls.
Discuss them with your friends or just think about them.
Are you happy with your body? If not, why aren`t you satisfied?
What does it mean to be perfect for you?
When you get anxious or nervous do you lose the appetite or do you eat to feel better?
Do you get very sad when you feel you have just eaten too much? Why do you think it happens?
Do you think to be thin represents perfection? Why (not)? Explain.
Do you think friendship can influence the way a person feels about oneself? How?
How important is family to make a person happy or miserable?
Define Wintergirls? What does it say about Lia and Cassie?
Who is Lia?
Who is Cassie?
Talk about their friendship? How does this friendship modeled the girls` dreams and goals?
Do you think Lia is trying to be thin so she can have a better relationship with her parents?
Describe Lia`s relationship with her mother? Why isn`t she living with her anymore? Why does Lia call her "Dr. Marrigan" instead of Mom?
Describe Lia`s relationship with her stepsister, Emma?
Do you think Emma could help Lia somehow?
How Cassie`s death influenced Lia`s perception of reality?
Why does Cassie call Lia thirty-three times before she died?
Do you think that Lia could have helped and even saved Cassie? How?
Why do you think Lia see Cassie`s ghost?
Does Lia want to be thin to be beautiful? What is her biggest reason? What do you think about that?
How does Lia meet Elijah? What is his influence over her? How can he possibly help her?
"What ultimately changes for Lia by the end of the story?" How does she feel about her life?
Did you like the story?
Did you somehow related this story to your own life experience? How? In what specific parts?
What does it mean to be perfect for you?
When you get anxious or nervous do you lose the appetite or do you eat to feel better?
Do you get very sad when you feel you have just eaten too much? Why do you think it happens?
Do you think to be thin represents perfection? Why (not)? Explain.
Do you think friendship can influence the way a person feels about oneself? How?
How important is family to make a person happy or miserable?
Define Wintergirls? What does it say about Lia and Cassie?
Who is Lia?
Who is Cassie?
Talk about their friendship? How does this friendship modeled the girls` dreams and goals?
Do you think Lia is trying to be thin so she can have a better relationship with her parents?
Describe Lia`s relationship with her mother? Why isn`t she living with her anymore? Why does Lia call her "Dr. Marrigan" instead of Mom?
Describe Lia`s relationship with her stepsister, Emma?
Do you think Emma could help Lia somehow?
How Cassie`s death influenced Lia`s perception of reality?
Why does Cassie call Lia thirty-three times before she died?
Do you think that Lia could have helped and even saved Cassie? How?
Why do you think Lia see Cassie`s ghost?
Does Lia want to be thin to be beautiful? What is her biggest reason? What do you think about that?
How does Lia meet Elijah? What is his influence over her? How can he possibly help her?
"What ultimately changes for Lia by the end of the story?" How does she feel about her life?
Did you like the story?
Did you somehow related this story to your own life experience? How? In what specific parts?
Shakespeare
Sonnet LXXXI
Or I shall live your epitaph to make,
Or you survive when I in earth am rotten,
From hence your memory death cannot take,
Although in me each part will be forgotten.
Your name from hence immortal life shall have,
Though I, once gone, to all the world must die:
The earth can yield me but a common grave,
When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie.
Your monument shall be my gentle verse,
Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read;
And tongues to be your being shall rehearse,
When all the breathers of this world are dead;
You still shall live, such virtue hath my pen,
Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.
Or you survive when I in earth am rotten,
From hence your memory death cannot take,
Although in me each part will be forgotten.
Your name from hence immortal life shall have,
Though I, once gone, to all the world must die:
The earth can yield me but a common grave,
When you entombed in men's eyes shall lie.
Your monument shall be my gentle verse,
Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read;
And tongues to be your being shall rehearse,
When all the breathers of this world are dead;
You still shall live, such virtue hath my pen,
Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.
Songs...
Beautiful Christina Aguilera
Songwriters: King, Carole Every day is so wonderful And suddenly, it's hard to breath Now and then, I get insecure From all the pain, I'm so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring me down I am beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring me down Ohh, nooo So don't you bring me down today To all your friends, you're delirious So consumed in all your doom, Ohh Tryin' hard to fill the emptiness The piece is gone left the puzzle undone Is That the way it is? You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring you down Oh no, 'cause you are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring you down, Oh no So don't you bring me down today... (No matter what we do) No matter what we do (No matter what we say) No matter what we say (We're the song inside the tune) Ohh yeahhh (full of beautiful mistakes) (And everywhere we go) And everywhere we go (The sun will always shine) Sun will always, always, shine 'Cause we are beautiful no matter what they say Yes, words won't bring us down, oh no We are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring us down, oh no So don't you bring me down today Don't you bring me down, today... Don't you bring me down... yeeeeaaaaaa... today... Firework
Kate Perry Do you ever feel Like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind Wanting to start again Do you ever feel Feel so paper thin Like a house of cards One blow from caving in Do you ever feel Already buried deep Six feet under screams But no one seems to hear a thing Do you know that there's Still a chance for you Cause there's a spark in you You just gotta Ignite the light And let it shine Just own the night Like the 4th of July Cause baby you're a firework Come on show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go "Ah, ah, ah!" As you shoot across the sky "Ah, ah!" Baby you're a firework Come on let your colors burst Make 'em go "Ah, ah, ah!" You're gonna leave them all in "awe, awe, awe" You don't have to feel Like a wasted space You're original Cannot be replaced If you only knew What the future holds After a hurricane Comes a rainbow Maybe a reason why All the doors are closed So you could open one that leads You to the perfect road Like a lightning bolt Your heart will glow And when it's time, you'll know You just gotta Ignite the light And let it shine Just own the night Like the 4th of July Cause baby you're a firework Come on show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go "Ah, ah, ah!" As you shoot across the sky "Ah, ah!" Baby you're a firework Come on let your colors burst Make 'em go "Ah, ah, ah!" You're gonna leave them all in "awe, awe, awe" Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon It's always been inside of you, you, you And now it's time to let it through Cause baby you're a firework Come on show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go "Ah, ah, ah!" As you shoot across the sky "Ah, ah!" Baby you're a firework Come on let your colors burst Make 'em go "Ah, ah, ah!" You're gonna leave them all in "awe, awe, awe" Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon Skinny Love by Birdy
Come on skinny love just last the year Pour a little salt, we were never here My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the ropes and let me fall My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Right in this moment this order's tall I told you to be patient I told you to be fine And I told you to be balanced And I told you to be kind In the morning I'll be with you But it will be a different kind I'll be holding all the tickets And you'll be owning all the fines Come on skinny love what happened here We suckled on the hope in lite brassieres My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Sullen load is full, so slow on the split And I told you to be patient And I told you to be fine And I told you to be balanced And I told you to be kind And now all your love is wasted And who the hell was I? I'm breaking at the bridges And at the end of all your lines Who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind? Ooh, ooh |
Born This Way
Lady Gaga It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M Just put your paws up 'Cause you were born this way, baby My mama told me when I was young We're all born superstars She rolled my hair, put my lipstick on In the glass of her boudoir "There's nothin' wrong with lovin' who you are" She said, "'Cause He made you perfect, babe" "So hold your head up, girl and you you'll go far, Listen to me when I say" I'm beautiful in my way, 'Cause God makes no mistakes I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way (Born this way) Ooo, there ain't no other way Baby, I was born this way Baby, I was born this way (Born this way) Ooo, there ain't other way Baby, I was born this way I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't be a drag, just be a queen (3X) Don't be! Give yourself prudence and love your friends Subway kid, rejoice the truth In the religion of the insecure I must be myself, respect my youth A different lover is not a sin Believe capital H-I-M (hey, hey, hey) I love my life, I love this record and Mi amore vole fe yah I'm beautiful in my way, 'Cause God makes no mistakes I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Ooo, there ain't no other way Baby, I was born this way (2x) (Born this way ) Ooo, there ain't other way Baby, I was born way I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't be a drag, just be a queen Whether you're broke or evergreen You're black, white, beige, chola descent You're Lebanese, you're orient Whether life's disabilities Left you outcast, bullied or teased Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way No matter gay, straight or bi lesbian, transgendered life I'm on the right track, baby I was born to survive No matter black, white or beige chola or orient made I'm on the right track, baby I was born to be brave I'm beautiful in my way 'Cause God makes no mistakes I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way, yeah! Ooo, there ain't no other way Baby, I was born this way Baby, I was born this way (Born this way ) Ooo, there ain't other way Baby, I was born this way I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Movies about eating disordersThin (2006)102 min - Documentary - October 2006 (USA)
The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida. Director: Lauren Greenfield Stars: Shelly Guillory, Brittany Robinson, Alisa Williams |See full cast and crew SKINS - TV seriesCassie is depicted as being eccentric and suffering from several mental disorders — most notably, anorexia nervosa — and multiple issues, including low self-esteem, suicidal ideation, and drug addiction.[1] Murray described her character as...
...very interesting because she has a lot of problems, and she's very troubled, and she's anorexic and completely lacking in self-esteem and self-belief, but along with that she's sort of quite smart. I think that she has quite a good reading on a lot of the other characters about what they're like and how they work and stuff, and I think she's a very clever girl, and she's also kind of silly and dreamy and quite fun at the same time as being a very tragic character. —Hannah Murray, Interview with Digital Spy[1] This is a suggested video by the Brazilian teacher Emanuelle Mendes to be used with the Brazilian students.
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