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BE-YOU-TY NIGHT: An Evening of Art & Activism
Be-YOU-ty Night: Making Art + Activism, Feminism, and Empowerment Happen.
Being a woman today is a challenge. To be judged by your appearance everywhere you go is to be oppressed by the expectations and gazes of others. It is to see yourself through the eyes of the world at all times. For many women, being comfortable in one's skin is a perpetual struggle. Women stress about their weight, their makeup, their appearance, and the size and shape of their various body parts constantly. For too many young girls and women, this creates a perpetual cycle of self-hate. This is, unfortunately, an all-too-common reality about being a woman today.
In a world where airbrushing and fake beauty are idolized, girls and teens can find themselves deeply insecure and body dysmorphic, leading to a cycle of self-hatred and low self-esteem, depression, eating disorders, and sometimes even death/suicide.
As schools promote physical assessments, like the Fitnessgram, which include BMI reports that are not only arbitrary and unreliable but can also lead to body insecurity and bullying, children are trained to compare their bodies to others from their earliest years.
What happens next?
As women grow up with obsessive body-dysmorphic ideas about themselves, they pass these ideas onto their children. Women hold themselves back and are held back in the world, due to chronic self-esteem issues, lack of internal self-worth, and unrealistic expectations and pressures beyond their control. And sometimes, eating disorders or other self-harming behaviors manifest. It never ends - unless we push back.
BE-YOU-TY NIGHT! is a performance and charity fundraiser event.
Five talented female performers of various backgrounds (like musical theatre, R&B, Soul, Pop, and Opera) will share their journeys of empowerment through music and personal stories. They will get to share who they are in the context of self-love, self esteem, and the beauty they offer the world through performing.
The event will raise money for Endangered Bodies (endangeredbodies.org), a global non-profit organization taking a stand against the toxic culture that teaches women and girls to hate their bodies through meetings, seminars, counseling, and activism.
As part of the event, we will have a raffle for various items to "treat yourself, not fix yourself" like personal training, books, nutrition coaching, Zumba classes and more!
Our featured artists:
Micky Chorny (Musical theatre)
Meaghan Joynt (Opera)
Kristiana Jarquin-Moreland (Pop)
Exenia Rocco (Soul/R&B)
Drea "Miss Cherry Delight" (Burlesque)
Musical Direction by Paul Rigano
Our performers will be backed by a live band!
*http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=honors - Hidden Messages: Advertising and the Messages They Send to Society About Women By Alyssa Michaelides
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LocationThe Poet's Den Theater (View)
309 East 108th St
New York, NY 10029
United States
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| Minimum Age: 5 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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