{"id":112867,"date":"2015-04-29T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/talking-about-body-image\/"},"modified":"2015-04-29T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:05:05","slug":"talking-about-body-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/talking-about-body-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking about body image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Larissa
Larissa Umberger<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Like most students who watch movies or log in to Facebook, Larissa Umberger is assaulted by images of what popular culture believes to be ideal female bodies.<\/p>\n

Models wearing heavy makeup and form-fitting dresses fill ads and red carpets.<\/p>\n

Upon seeing such images in October and watching videos examining female body image, Umberger prepared a presentation, which she delivered on April 23.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy presentation was about beauty and self-esteem,\u201d said the Dolores High School junior. \u201cI urged the girls who attended to have more confidence in their natural beauty and themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questions raised by Umberger in her hourlong presentation dealt with the nature of beauty and whether it can be defined. After presenting pictures and videos of female forms, Umberger explained to her audience that every woman is beautiful in her own way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think female body image (in our society) is very negative because we\u2019re blasted with social media telling us what we should look like,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we don\u2019t look exactly how they say we should look, it downs our self-confidence. There are lots of different kinds of beauty, and you can\u2019t really define it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Umberger detailed initiatives that she plans to take to improve body image in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister Ali brought the \u2018no makeup Monday challenge\u2019 to Dolores a couple of years ago, and that has kind of disappeared,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to bring it back again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Umberger said she\u2019d like to film a video similar to singer Colbie Caillat\u2019s music video for \u201cTry,\u201d which features women removing makeup and hair styles. More than 40 students have volunteered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m working with the computer teacher, Ms. Webster, and the people who are involved are going to film and create videos of our own,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She added that she\u2019d like to share her presentation with other schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told my counselor that if it\u2019s well received and people think it\u2019s really important, it would be nice to take it to Dove Creek and Mancos,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Umberger has a 4.0 grade point average and plays three sports at Dolores High School. She qualified for the state track meet in 2014 and helped lead the volleyball team to a state appearance in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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