The Pearlsong Letter: Spreading the word about the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

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December 20, 2004

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Spreading the word about the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

What's a romance novelist doing recommending a soap company's products to friends, family and fans?

Simple -- Pat Ballard wants to spread the word about the Dove company's campaign to help women of all ages and sizes appreciate their beauty. It's a mission Pat echoes in her motivational novels and short stories featuring plus-sized heroines.

In an email Ballard recently distributed, she wrote:

I don't usually do this, but my attention has been brought to a company that is really trying to make a difference in the madness that is going on around us in this world, and I want to share their information with you all.

Dove, as in Dove soap, etc., has a wonderful new campaign celebrating "real" women. Here is a link to an article/press release that came out in September. I'm putting the first paragraph of the article here so you can see the impact of the article.
Dove® unveils a groundbreaking new study today that discusses the implications of a global society that narrowly defines beauty by the images seen in entertainment, advertising and fashion runways and the startling impact this has on women. The result: only two percent of thousands of women from 10 countries around the world consider themselves beautiful.
Read rest of article: http://www.dove.com/real_beauty/news.asp?id=566

You can go to this link and do a poll and see the kind of women they're featuring as beautiful. http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/

It has been years since I bought Dove products, but as a result of this, I'm doing all I can to help support them. I know that their campaign is a marketing tool, but I believe it is also going to help a lot of women learn to accept themselves as who they are. For that reason, I applaud the genius who came up with this idea!

Feel good about yourselves, all my beautiful loved ones.

Sentiments Pearlsong Press echoes as well.

Happy Holidays!

Peggy Elam, Ph.D.
(who has happily used Dove soap for decades)

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I am a college senior about to embark on a very challenging honors thesis: I will be examining the images of women in all facets of the media, and its negative effects in society-their poor self-image, and the poor images that men have of women in our society. I am very fascinated by the issue and would greatly appreciate any advice or material you could suggest for my analysis. Thanks so much!!

Posted by: Rachel Henderson | July 11, 2005 at 10:23 AM

I would like to thank the Dove soap company for its years of happiness it has brought me...I am a 53 year old women...successful, healthy, I am in shape, considered very attractive, and most of all...my skin and body are beautiful thanks to you...I have never had any "work" done on myself and no one has ever thought I was 53...I wear my hair long and it is blonde and very pretty...and again, because of your products...Please, dont change a thing...take care to all of you and god bless...Louise

Posted by: Louise Bentley | March 21, 2007 at 11:00 AM

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