One Last Blog...

I may have brought my campaign to a close but this morning when I woke up I felt that I just had to come back for one more blog. I think I've really got somewhere with the campaign. Not me personally but every single positive body image campaigner out there. The fashion industry has finally sat up and taken notice. Check out this editorial I wrote for my fashion blog regarding the subject this morning... http://wastemylifepretending.onsugar.com/ Rachel xoox

Well I suppose this is goodbye...

At the moment I'm slap bang in the middle of my GCSE's and everything is pretty hectic right now! However I've ben evaluating my time at Battlefront a lot recently and looking at how much I've learnt.... 

Campaigning.

When I started out at Battlefront I had a campaign (a very bad one at the time!) but I new nothing about "being a campaigner". Working with all the Battlefront mentors and my favorite, trial and error I can now happily say I'm a "campaigner". I didn't realize it at the time but when a friend asked me for advice on how to set up a campaign recently I realized that I knew exactly what to do, how to do it, the best way to do this, the best way to do that... 

My campaign, however much I believe in it and want it to success is bigger than me. So many people are championing it, celebrities etc. how have a greater chance for success. Hopefully I've raised awareness etc. but I think I'm gonna find another campaign I believe in to join, something I my experience etc. can make a big difference in. 

So I've decided to stop running this campaign. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do yet but I'll keep you posted! However I am going to spend sometime doing other stuff before taking on something else big like another campaign, and one of these things is that I'm gonna be lending my advice and experience to some other campaigns, for example my friend Paul's campaign, The Literary Den Campaign, (http://battlefront.co.uk/campaign/the-literary-den-campaign/) which as a writer the cause of getting writing and writing as a leisure activity to be seen as "cool" again is very close to my heart! 

So check out Paul's campaign, and thank you to everyone for their support! (and thanks to everyone who's left me negative messages too - its been nice to polish up my debating skills!)

Rachel

xoxo

Hi

My name is Caroline and I am part of Battlefront team. Rachel and I have been discussing the fact that we should not judge people by their cover so I thought I would share my thoughts with you too! 

A prime example of how people are pre-judged was witnessed by people ALL over the world when an incredibly talented singer was mocked when she appeared on stage because of the way she looked. Right up until she opened her mouth to sing, EVERYONE in that room looked at her with disbelief - and some with pity - expecting her to show herself up. This woman was of course, Susan Boyle. 

The looks of surprise were followed swiftly by whoops of joy and shouts of support when they heard her sing. What started out as a very uncomfortable bit of viewing turned into a very uplifting and inspiring experience. Like Paul Potts, Susan's talent has been unearthed in an arena where anything and anyone goes. And because of this open-minded arena (albeit it in an entertainment arena) people who are ACTUALLY talented are given a chance. It was a great moment in TV - but alas they are few and far between. Moments like these give you rare insights to how the media can work miracles and change someone's life for the positive - but we need more moments of these realisations so that people look beyond the exterior to what is inside. 

We live in a materialistic world where possessions and the way a person looks can be the difference between acceptance or rejection. But I think times are changing and people are more and more looking inside themselves and asking 'what really matters?' At a time where money and jobs are worryingly sparse, we need to ask ourselves 'do material things REALLY make us who we are or are we all worth more than that?'

It's Been A Long Time Coming...

Well sorry I haven't updated in ages... its just that not much has happened! I've been getting really stuck into preparing for my GCSE's (art coursework and exam preparation's a killer!) 

Also if anyone wants advice on how to make your Mac Book pro survive having a mug full of water spilt over the keyboard I'm your girl! 

I promise I'll be back with another campaign update after the exams!

Rachel

xoxo

My Debut

Well Rachel introduced me-I'm Angus. Almost everyone thinks these body image issues concern girls almost all of the time. However ive almost always had a friend who's been obsessively worried about his body, it may be about anything from their build to their fitness or may be caused by different things but they're still just as important for this campaign

so if anyone wants to ask any questions ill be happy to answer
Angus

Introducing Angus!

Ok so some of you may have watched my campaign interview 'Boys Opinions Matter Too' where I interview my good friend Angus on the male side of body image.

Angus has offered to become a guest blogger for this campaign so look out for his blog and twitter posts on the guys side of positive and negative body image!


Rachel

xoxo

Catch Up...

Hey guys,

Sorry there hasn't been much action and other stuff like that on my Battlefront pages... those of you who've been there will know exactly how much work taking GCSE entails! I'm literally snowed under and I haven't done any campaign work, or magazine work even for like... months!

One way I've been thinking about kick starting my campaign, is to do some sort of press stunt...

I have a couple of ideas that I'd like to think about an look at the possibility of doing, but if there are any, like creative geniuses out there feel free to drop me a line! I'm sure your ideas will be way better than mine! Also, if there are any budding make up artists or fashion or portrait photographers out there... it would also be great to hear from you! (I just won't tell you why yet!!!)

Rachel

xoxo