BROAD, Films for Feminists: Embrace with Taryn Brumfitt
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BROAD’s Sonja Hammer talks to the inspiring film maker and positive body image activist Taryn Brumfitt about her debut feature film the empowering documentary EMBRACE, now screening in selected movie houses in Australia.
Who is Taryn Brumfitt :’is an internationally recognised positive body image activist leading a global movement to shift the way women think about themselves, and in turn, feel about their bodies.While contemplating impending plastic surgery to improve her appearance post-pregnancy, Taryn had a body image epiphany. A mother of three beautiful children, she wondered how on earth she could teach them the fundamental human right of accepting and loving one’s body if she was uncomfortable in her very own.Instead of standing before their impressionable eyes with a surgically enhanced figure, the answer to loving the skin she was in became a clear one. Something had to change about her body, and it wasn’t the way it looked. It was the way she learnt to feel about it.
Having experienced the highs and lows of a love/hate relationship with her body, Taryn has an unwavering desire to share what she has discovered on her personal journey. A desire to teach not only her children, but the world, the invaluable lesson that loving your body can bring about happiness and change your life forever.’
Excerpt from Taryn’s website Click Here
‘From following The Sydney Skinny, the world’s largest nude ocean swim dedicated to helping people ‘drown’ their body insecurities, to exploring the sexualisation and excessive photo editing of women in the media and the unethical tricks marketers use to target women’s insecurities,Embrace uncovers why poor body image has become a global epidemic and what women everywhere can do to have brighter future.
After posting a non-traditional ‘before’ and ‘after’ photo on social media, Taryn became the instant focus of media attention the world over. People were astonished – how could a woman possibly love her body ‘after’, with the visible signs of bearing three children? Many applauded her for her bravery in posting such raw imagery while many berated her for promoting obesity, going as far as labelling her a poor role model for her kids.
This got Taryn to thinking. The culture of body loathing and body shaming had reached epic proportions worldwide.’
And of course this happened: ‘The Classification Board has ruled that a sequence showing different women’s vaginas in close up, as part of a discussion about body acceptance, warrants an MA 15+ rating along with consumer advice of strong nudity.’
News article click here. Thanks to Taryn for her time for this very special interview.
Embrace is playing now in Australia, only at good cinemas!
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