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Name: | Dearbhla Crossen |
Age: | 16 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | Belfast |
Campaign: | Body Image |
There is a pressure on teenagers to look good based on what they see in magazines and on the internet.
We hope to encourage boys and girls to feel good the way they are.
I've seen how social media influences young minds as people feel they have to look a certain way. This is what I want to change among young people.
We're constantly confronted, on a daily basis, with what it means to be 'perfect'. But what is perfect?
It's not just girls we're looking to reach out to, because this affects boys too.
Our aim is to develop a campaign, which will not only deter young people away from getting sucked in by the images they see, but to be comfortable with the way they are.
Everybody is different and to judge somebody from the way they look is wrong. This is what we are fighting to change.
I hope our Fixers message will reach the people it needs to and hopefully make a change.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Abiodom Ajeiunmobi
Clidna McKeown
Colleen McAvoy
Danielle Toman
Jordan McAllister
Katie Ward
Liam O'Reilly
Megan Taylor
Paul McKernan
Rachel Taylor
Sheila Mulgrew
Stephen Donnelly
Thank you for your support on this project.
Dr Helen Dixon, Social Media Analyst, QUB
Dr Dixon supported my Fix by giving her expert views on my broadcast piece.
October 2013
My project has had encouraging and positive feedback! Below are some comments I have received:
'Great idea and well done to you all for your hard work. I'm sure it will be helpful for lots of people.'
'So proud of the members of St Teresa's Youth Centre, you have made the entire centre and I so extremely proud. Well done to you all!'
Becky Thorn
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Liam Thomas
Sam Barakat
Jack H
Mason Latey
Jade Kingdom
Chelsie Brown
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
'Ben'
Lauren Taylor
Hannah Baker
Tilly and Bella
Fixers
Shannon Rawlings
Shak & Natasha
Macauley Collinson
Jo Quinn