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Created on 2008-02-22 21:54:37 (#15001061), last updated 2008-02-26
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Basic Info| Name: | humanvariation |
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| Website: | Human Variation |
BioThis is the LiveJournal arm of the Human Variation project.
The Human Variation project is an art blog designed to discover and celebrate the beauty inherent in diverse human bodies. The project is based on the simple premise that every body is beautiful by virtue of being human, and that every body has a basic aesthetic value that should be celebrated and appreciated.
Societies do not operate under this premise. Societies evolve over time with various ever-changing norms and standards of beauty. The Human Variation project doesn't imply that social norms of beauty are bad per se, only that they are a subset of that which is beautiful. Nor are we suggesting that people who do happen to fit those norms, whether by accident or design, are any less beautiful than those who do not. What we celebrate on this blog is diversity itself, the myriad ways the human body can grow and develop, adapt and change, age and be modified.
By doing so, the Human Variation project hopes to achieve two goals.
First, it is our intention that our contributors simply feel good about themselves. We sincerely desire for people of all ages, shapes, sizes, genders, and races to feel as though they are worthy of pride in their appearance. Second, we wish that those who observe the contributions, particularly those whose views of human beauty have been rooted in the expectations of society, can be educated by and take pleasure in challenging the prevailing notions of whose bodies should be celebrated.
If you believe that this is a worthwhile mission to undertake, please consider contributing. It's easy and anonymous, and you just might change something for the better in yourself or someone else.
The Human Variation project is an art blog designed to discover and celebrate the beauty inherent in diverse human bodies. The project is based on the simple premise that every body is beautiful by virtue of being human, and that every body has a basic aesthetic value that should be celebrated and appreciated.
Societies do not operate under this premise. Societies evolve over time with various ever-changing norms and standards of beauty. The Human Variation project doesn't imply that social norms of beauty are bad per se, only that they are a subset of that which is beautiful. Nor are we suggesting that people who do happen to fit those norms, whether by accident or design, are any less beautiful than those who do not. What we celebrate on this blog is diversity itself, the myriad ways the human body can grow and develop, adapt and change, age and be modified.
By doing so, the Human Variation project hopes to achieve two goals.
First, it is our intention that our contributors simply feel good about themselves. We sincerely desire for people of all ages, shapes, sizes, genders, and races to feel as though they are worthy of pride in their appearance. Second, we wish that those who observe the contributions, particularly those whose views of human beauty have been rooted in the expectations of society, can be educated by and take pleasure in challenging the prevailing notions of whose bodies should be celebrated.
If you believe that this is a worthwhile mission to undertake, please consider contributing. It's easy and anonymous, and you just might change something for the better in yourself or someone else.
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age, art, beauty myth, body, body acceptance, body image, body politics, body positive, education, empowerment, enlightenment, fat, fat acceptance, fat positive, feminism, feminist, gender, love your body, nude, nudes, photography, photos, queer, race, self-esteem, self-portraits, size acceptance, size positive, transgender
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