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'Underneath We Are Women' is an amazing photo book which fights the stereotypes of women's beauty.
Created by Australian photographer Amy D Herrman, the book's main goal is 'to educate thousands' by featuring ‘100 women, 100 bodies, 100 stories’ and showing their endless diversity. In the book, there are no judgments and no opinions of others - just honest photography. If you like this idea, help Amy raise money through Kickstarter so she could print 400 copies of the book!
More info: Kickstarter | Instagram (h/t: demilked)
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Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
Physical defects are nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. And this woman looks wonderful in spite of it all.
Kelsey Pomeroy 9 years ago
Your smile shows pure happiness and its beautiful! This picture is just wonderful.
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Jules Miklos-Woodley 9 years ago
I didn't even notice she had a missing forearm until my second or third look. I was like, why is she remarkable? She's gorgeous. Which of course is the entire point of this entire link. Well done. I shall now slap myself in the face.
Nic Wright 1 year ago
Don't know why you would be wondering why she is remarkable without noticing she doesn't have half of her left arm everyone is remarkable for one reason or another. Not just because they they are someone's definitions of "beauty" or has a "disability" or "defect"
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Rebecca Sharp 9 years ago
I would say that is the point: to become so familiar with different body types, to see them as much as we see the so called "ideal" body type and therefore not think so much of it that we ultimately do shift our focus away from bodies. To ignore the fact that most of these women are highly underrepresented is to be okay with the fact that the hegemony of western society is that "ideal figure" :)
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Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. I have volunteered in a cancer hospital for 4 years now.... I see strength and courage all around. God bless those who fight the battle. <3
Jason Heap 9 years ago
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. " what a beautify sentence.
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Karen Huffman 9 years ago
That was smiling faces emogie aarrgg you two are incredible
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Vervelende Panda 9 years ago
Wow! All this hate over me commenting on the yellow dot over a perfectly normal body part!
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Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
We do not know why this woman is heavy. She may have an illness, she just may love to eat. REGARDLESS, we have no right to judge her for anything... ever. YOU ARE NOT THE JUDGE!
Cesi Baca 9 years ago
The Boredpanda website does not belong to you, so you don't get to tell people who are commenting here what they should and shouldn't say. There is no point in challenging or attackijg other comments. Everyone has a right to say what they feel and yes even judge her if they want to. If you don't like a comment just down vote it and move on.
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SapphireDolphin10 9 years ago
STOP HATING AND CYBERBULLYING EVERYONE! Are you the judge of beauty? No? Than take your hatful words somewhere else
Ann Jeppesen 9 years ago
I think the woman is beautiful, but I really don't get the posture. I don't see power and self-esteem, I see anger.
Okido 1 year ago
Nah, she’s saying: “Come on you haters, let me have it, I’ll eat you guys for breakfast!”
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Alexis Poston 9 years ago
We people with tattoos haven't mutilated our skin. We've decorated it.
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Vanessa-leigh Kenny 9 years ago
She totally reminds me of a 50s pin up model the hair and tattoos total Betty Paige
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Vikki Moyer 9 years ago
I can relate to this one... my scars are on my thighs too. But I've gone almost 6 months without putting any more on! (: she's beautiful!
Parisa Bana 9 years ago
Congrats! I used to think that I wouldn't even be able to last a single week without adding on to the quickly rising scars covering my left wrist and my thighs. As of today though, it's been just over a year and two months of being clean :D you're doing GREAT so far. I honestly have so much respect for this woman tho, it takes a lot to have your scars displayed like this. I'm happy that she has been able to love herself again despite her past, whatever that may be.
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Prue King 9 years ago
I have no idea why it put question marks, it was meant to be a kiss
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Aurora Hays 9 years ago
She's amazing, i've always thought that because I have a lot of scars, it made me unattractive or the kind of person nobody would ever consider being with. Starting to think maybe that's not true, though.
Charlie Ketchen 9 years ago
I would assume self harm, which is part of the point of the "resilient" caption I guess. Go her for being so strong and open about it.
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SapphireDolphin10 9 years ago
Your a CYBERBULLYING! And I'm lmao about your ignorance and hate. If you have nothing nice to say don't say it at all. :(
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Yvonne Bernal 9 years ago
When it comes to staying young, a mind lift beats a face lift EVERY time. She is the ultimate of age with grace.
Brianna Bastian 9 years ago
shops should have more of these women instead of stereo-typical 'thin' photoshopped women.
Kelsey Pomeroy 9 years ago
I hope I age as gracefully and beautifully as this woman here. You just look like you have lived everyday of your life.
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Joshua Beal 9 years ago
You are gorgeous. Anyone who says otherwise is trash. Totally gorgeous.
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Over Opinionated 9 years ago
I love her curves so pretty I'm half the size and I'd almost want to gain weight just to look like her
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Lilya 9 years ago
The attitude is nothing more than a face, being honest.
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Ann Jeppesen 9 years ago
Beautiful, but unfortunately looks like she doubts herself, with that grimace. You have nothing to doubt about
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Thina Hederstedt 9 years ago
Guess what? Women get hair in new places during puberty, just like men. It's not nasty, it's natural
Over Opinionated 9 years ago
Look what Society has done to half you people. thinking that it's only men that can have hair and girls are hairless guess what we grow hair and society deems it gross she's beautiful and anyone who thinks she's gross has been brainwashed by too many stereotypes on beauty
lunanoir69 9 years ago
I will never understand the "no body hair because it's icky" movement...it protects our bodies!!
Laura Toivotta 9 years ago
To everyone who criticises her armpit hair because it's "disgusting" (???) or "ugly"... No person exists to please someone else's aesthetic opinion. The person in the photo likely did not ask for yours - and it would do well to remember the old adage: if you have nothing nice to say, just shut the f**k up.
LaDarryl Hollingsworth 9 years ago
I personally shave my arm pits. I can't stand the funk it brings.
Rhon 9 years ago
Who was it that decided, only about 100 yrs ago, that women shouldn't have hair in their arm pits?
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Joshua Beal 9 years ago
Wow just wow. No words can explain your beauty. Absolutely gorgeous ×10. =)
GrumpyCat7 9 years ago
Why is she remarkable? I cannot see anything that makes her look any different to the objectified see objects women are viewed as.
Liwia Lipińska 9 years ago
I don't care about the body, but I love everything above her shoulders
#14
Noah Morris (Student) 5 years ago
This picture breaks stereotypes that women are supposed to be just some sweet innocent girl. LOVE IT!!!
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Kimberly Calloway 9 years ago
All bodies are beautiful, YOU are the sterotype for shaming her for enjoying the gym, buying fit, muscular, whatever.
Abby Bezuidenhout 9 years ago
No she is not, she could be the same as Caster Semenya the Olympics athlete from SA. woman who have extra male chromosomes. So who now is stereotyping?
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Samwise Coote 9 years ago
Truly this is one of the most beautiful and inspirational threads I have ever seen. I truly appreciate how the beauty each picture captures and the personality of each individual. I know as a curvy lass mysdlf it would take alot of gusto for some of these gorgeoys ladies to show their real selves. Thank you for celebrating women as a whole. Just beautiful
Dawn Tanier 9 years ago
Wow. The negative c**p on here is ridiculous. And u NEGATUVE REAPONDANTS are straight up a******s. Media reflects stick then. Fine. No worries. So guess what social media.... which is exactly that.... social... we get to put out there something that we feel is important. Don't be double he bags and comment ugly about these woman. That's just rude. U don't like the post then don't look at it. I wonder if u say anything rude about Victoria Secret or sports illustrated or... how boutique shut the he'll up!
Angie Chan 9 years ago
I'm proud to see us women are proud in their own shapes, sizes, ethnicity! Truly a magnificent spiritual beauty from within!
Joshua Beal 9 years ago
Every one of you are beautiful! It shouldn't matter body type, hair color, skin color, or anything. You're all beautiful in your own way. That's what makes this world awesome. Everyone is different and you three are just stunning! =)
Leslie Munson 9 years ago
Scars have better stories than tattoos, love you all for your courage
Thina Hederstedt 9 years ago
Beautiful all three. Would not kick neither of them out of my bed
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Ermioni Ant-tart 9 years ago
i would really like it if in this perticular picture they had something like i am strong because having a baby is so tough and the women who go through that are so strong inside
#17
Brianna Bastian 9 years ago
more women should be brave enough to breast feed in public, and people have to stop shaming them.
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Melissa Geddes 9 years ago
I kinda wish i could go au natural ...but im part grrek so if i left those pit bushes go i would look like i had two hobbits in a headlock.
Simon Brodie 9 years ago
So what? Be the amazing woman you want to be, Don't give a toss about what anyone else says. Because if YOU can't be comfortable with hobbity armpits then how can the girls that look up to you? ;)
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Leslie Munson 9 years ago
I haven't had to shave for years, so blond you couldn't see it anyway. Just social pressure to be hairless. When you age, it stops coming back. Too bad, so does your badge of public hair.
Tristan Obrien 5 years ago
can you stand so we can see your full body naked you might find love.
Milos Milosevic 9 years ago
I am a straight male and i shave my armpits, same as at least half of my male friends, there is less smell, and it looks better and cleaner, i dont see why should someone go around with a bush
Estefani Licea Madrigal 9 years ago
I think it's a personal choice to shave, my BF is extremely against shaving em. I can't shave or I'll get extremely irritated skin and I get really bad ingrowns so when I do want to remove them which is every 3 months I use hurtful methods. So people should wear their pubes as they'd like without others being judgmental cause it is personal choice.
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Estefani Licea Madrigal 9 years ago
Why are you even here looking at these photos by now you should have figured out that this is obviously not to your liking so why don't you go google hot babes and get it on with yourself. If you still want to keep commenting rude things please have the same courage as these women and upload a photo of yourself in your absolute nature for the world to look at you.
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Randy Allos 9 years ago
So tired of these politically correct posts. As an average looking guy I have no problem with the fact that most people would prefer to look at underwear pictures of a male model with a nice symmetric, square face and a well proportioned body, and not at mine. So what. The fact that someone won the genetic lottery does not make them a more valuable human being. In this day and age, wobbling fat is not beautiful for most people. Get over it.
Marlene Jones 9 years ago
Im 67 yr old female. When younger i had a slim attractive body. I liked how i look. But now i dont even like seeing my body after shower so why kn earth would anyone else want to see my flab and wrinkles? I agree with you.
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Silvia Fabi 9 years ago
I don't think that in order to feel good about ourselves we have to pose in front of the cameras and show the whole world our underwear or lack of it. I think we will all move to higher grounds when we stop manipulating sex and sexuality in order to define who we really are. The human being is a beautiful array of incredible gifts and our body is just one of them.
Saumya 9 years ago
Beautifully phrased. Couldn't be summed up in a better way
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.gas. 9 years ago
People who body-shame or otherwise judge anyone need to get a life. They're usually so upset with their own image, or something in their life, that they feel the need to project hate on someone else.
Megan Drayton 9 years ago
And then this article lists the photos in order of how many "likes" they have. Hypocritical much???
NoliBelle 9 years ago
Yes, how dare you only be attracted to attractive women. Monsters. That's like the narrative that if I only find caucasian men attractive I'm somehow "racist". Which I've heard several times in my life. How about we stop shaming people for their taste in their preferred gender?
Katarzyna Cz 9 years ago
I agree. well, I strongly prefer black man and I don't find myself racist towards white/Asian men cause of that.
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Brianna Bastian 9 years ago
i think the whole idea of this was to show people that some find somethings attractive and others not. like some didn't mind the hair while others found it gross.
Estefani Licea Madrigal 9 years ago
I love these photographs, women have been objectified for a long time and it's truly sad. Love yourself! Love doesn't see imperfections it sees unique features that are truly unique to you. love always conquers
Jose Brenes 9 years ago
It's annoying and r******d how PC is trying to make being obese something acceptable. Health issues concerning obesity are serious.
Stine Schmidt 8 years ago
Very true, it's a health issue and I agree it shouldn't be celebrated. But I don't think it's always about celebrating obesity but to love yourself for who you are, and by loving yourself, making changes in your life will also be a tad more easy, because you'll feel less compelled to binge eat when sad. Maybe you'll even feel more empowered and ready to take on new challenges..
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Miklós Nagy 9 years ago
Okay, so I get it when it's about scars or amputee, but when someone is just simply undemanding about his/her own look and try to make other people accept them is nothing more than egotism.
Randy Allos 9 years ago
So tired of these politically correct posts. As an average looking guy I have no problem with the fact that most people would prefer to look at underwear pictures of a male model with a nice symmetric, square face and a well proportioned body, and not at mine. So what. The fact that someone won the genetic lottery does not make them a more valuable human being. In this day and age, wobbling fat is not beautiful for most people. Get over it.
Marlene Jones 9 years ago
Im 67 yr old female. When younger i had a slim attractive body. I liked how i look. But now i dont even like seeing my body after shower so why kn earth would anyone else want to see my flab and wrinkles? I agree with you.
Load More Replies... Silvia Fabi 9 years ago
I don't think that in order to feel good about ourselves we have to pose in front of the cameras and show the whole world our underwear or lack of it. I think we will all move to higher grounds when we stop manipulating sex and sexuality in order to define who we really are. The human being is a beautiful array of incredible gifts and our body is just one of them.
Saumya 9 years ago
Beautifully phrased. Couldn't be summed up in a better way
Load More Replies... .gas. 9 years ago
People who body-shame or otherwise judge anyone need to get a life. They're usually so upset with their own image, or something in their life, that they feel the need to project hate on someone else.
Megan Drayton 9 years ago
And then this article lists the photos in order of how many "likes" they have. Hypocritical much???
NoliBelle 9 years ago
Yes, how dare you only be attracted to attractive women. Monsters. That's like the narrative that if I only find caucasian men attractive I'm somehow "racist". Which I've heard several times in my life. How about we stop shaming people for their taste in their preferred gender?
Katarzyna Cz 9 years ago
I agree. well, I strongly prefer black man and I don't find myself racist towards white/Asian men cause of that.
Load More Replies... Brianna Bastian 9 years ago
i think the whole idea of this was to show people that some find somethings attractive and others not. like some didn't mind the hair while others found it gross.
Estefani Licea Madrigal 9 years ago
I love these photographs, women have been objectified for a long time and it's truly sad. Love yourself! Love doesn't see imperfections it sees unique features that are truly unique to you. love always conquers
Jose Brenes 9 years ago
It's annoying and r******d how PC is trying to make being obese something acceptable. Health issues concerning obesity are serious.
Stine Schmidt 8 years ago
Very true, it's a health issue and I agree it shouldn't be celebrated. But I don't think it's always about celebrating obesity but to love yourself for who you are, and by loving yourself, making changes in your life will also be a tad more easy, because you'll feel less compelled to binge eat when sad. Maybe you'll even feel more empowered and ready to take on new challenges..
Load More Replies... Miklós Nagy 9 years ago
Okay, so I get it when it's about scars or amputee, but when someone is just simply undemanding about his/her own look and try to make other people accept them is nothing more than egotism.
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