BODY SHAMING

^{Talia K., 31.8.2023}

V 6. razredu smo dobili nalogo pri razredni uri; raziskati, kaj pomeni angleški izraz “body shaming”.

Body shaming is when someone says something mean about someone`s body or makes fun of one`s body.

There are two types of body shaming. The first type: when we criticize our body because of what other people say. The second type: when we criticize other bodies.

Fashion industry sets standards and they want us to look a certain way. Even in children`s books and Disney movies all the princesses look thin and pretty, and this gives people the idea that only if you look a certain way, you will find the love of your life, which is, of course, very far from the truth. Also models in magazines, music videos and on TV always look a certain way, but to look that way, many models starve themselves. That`s how these industries make tons of money.

We can be tall, short, chubby, hairy, thin, fat, bald, white, black, young, old, abled, diabled… You get the idea. But we cannot change our genes and we mostly look like what our family members look like. Also there are many other factors, including our environment and how we live that have an effect on how we look.

I would like to think that thanks to our body, we can run, see, touch, feel, eat and enjoy. Every part of our body has a function and its function is not to be perfect.

When we criticize and comment on our own bodies, we can be very harsh. This can make us very unhappy on a daily basis.

I`m proud of my body for what it does. I also like my eyebrows, which I think look like Frida Kahlo`s, although friends commented that they look weird and they asked me why I don`t pluck them.

We are all beautiful human beings and we all look different. You should be proud of your body as I am too!

BODY SHAMING

^{Julija P., 31,8,2023}

V 6. razredu smo dobili nalogo pri razredni uri; raziskati, kaj pomeni angleški izraz “body shaming”.

Body shaming is… well, I can`t really explain. I`m not good at explaining.

Anyway, it goes something like this – an example of body shaming:

• A person, who is doing the body shaming: “You`re soooo skinny!” “I could literally use you as a pencil, LOL!”
• A person, who is shamed, becomes insecure…
• Next day, body shaming continues: “You`re soooo skinny, do you even eat?!”
• A person, who is body shamed, becomes even more insecure and depressed…

There are also other ways of body shaming, for example shaming in regards to someone`s hair, birth marks, weight, height, clothes, eyes, skin and so on. Because of body shaming people can become insecure or depressed, sometimes even both. It can lead to awful things and it is not nice! It happens more and more often, especially among teenagers.

As I victim of one (I did get body shamed in the past a lot, and sometimes I still do), I can tell you it hurts a person`s feelings, even if they do not show.

It`s easy to body shame people, but remember, nobody is perfect. So, do not body shame anyone! It is not funny! It is not cool! It is awful!

V šolo s kolesom – svetovni dan

_{Eva B., 12.6.2023}

Ja, prav ste prebrali! Najverjetneje niste vedeli, da praznujemo tudi svetovni dan poti v šolo s kolesom?! Ta dan je 17. maj.

Kolesa so prisotna že dolgo, od 19. stoletja, v eni ali drugi različici. Zgodnji izumi so prišli iz Francije, sodobno kolo pa je bilo zasnovano v Angliji.

V 19. stoletju so delali na dizajnu koles, čeprav so jih takrat imenovali “velocipedi”. Novice iz Pariza so vplivale na ameriško kolesarsko norijo, ki se je začela leta 1868 in se hitro razširila v večja mesta na vzhodni obali. Prvi kolesarski časopis na svetu “The Velocipedist” je v New Yorku izdal proizvajalec koles Pickering & Davis. Približno v istem času je bilo v ZDA vloženih več kot 250 različnih patentov za kolesa, ki so do leta 1971 zamrli, da bi jih ponovno obudili skoraj pet let pozneje. Z vsemi inovacijami različnih proizvajalcev so se dizajni koles začeli uveljavljati in počasi se je začel postavljati varnostni standard. Rojevale so se nove vrste koles za vsak namen in kupca.

Danes je po svetu dvakrat več koles kot avtomobilov. Kolesa tudi tri proti ena prehitevajo avtomobile. Kolesarske steze so bile zgrajene po številnih krajih po svetu in vlade spodbujajo kolesa kot alternativo avtomobilom. V ZDA je prvi nacionalni dan s kolesom v šolo potekal v sodelovanju z nacionalnim mesecem kolesarjenja 9. maja 2012 in 49 zveznih držav je organiziralo lokalne dogodke, ki so otroke spodbujali k varnemu kolesarjenju (ali peš) v šolo.

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