You Know Her, You Love Her... It's JLaw!

 

At just 23-years-old, Jennifer Lawrence has a lot to be proud of.  Known best for her role as Katniss Everdeen in the popular Hunger Games series, she is the highest grossing action heroine EVER.  She also stars in Silver Linings Playbook and in Winter's Bone, her breakout performance, portraying strong female characters in both.  Her critical success cause TIME magazine to name her one of the most influential people in the world in 2013.  She has been nominated HUNDREDS of times for awards and has won many of them, including an Oscar!

Jennifer Lawrence grew up in Kentucky, where she acted locally.  Her parents and two brothers were very supportive of her acting career, and JLaw was determined to make it as an actress, so much so that she finished high school in just two years (and graduated with a near-perfect GPA!). 

Off the big screen, Jennifer Lawrence is well-loved for having very little filter on what she says (see above...), for loving food and photo-bombing other actors, for having a very friendly relationship with many fellow actors and actresses, and for her frank comments on being a celebrity and a woman in Hollywood. 

Here are some of my favorite JLaw quotes and moments! via IMDB and Buzzfeed

"There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself."

"I'm really sick of all these actresses looking like birds... I'd rather look a little chubby on camera and look like a person in real life, than look great on screen and look like a scarecrow in real life."

Jennette McCurdy Takes a Stand Against Body Shaming

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Wow! Jennette McCurdy, star of Nickelodeon's hit comedy shows "iCarly" and "Sam and Cat," has bravely spoken out against the issue of negative body image. In an article in the Wall Street Journal, Jennette talks about how we live in a world of impossibly high standards for beauty. Every day, we're surrounded by photoshopped pictures of celebrities with lots of makeup - totally impossible in the real world.

Jennette says that even she has felt ashamed about how she looks, especially when she sees pictures of herself post-photoshop and makeup:

"Last week, I was at the bookstore when I saw a magazine with a girl on the cover who looked a lot like me. The reason the girl looked a lot like me is because she was me… just with poutier lips, a smoother complexion, and a thinner face."

Does this cover look realistic?

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It's amazing for a famous celeb like Jennette to speak out against the impossibly high beauty standards women face everyday. Telling us that we always need to look like stars on the cover of Teen Vogue (who probably were photoshopped anyways) isn't fair or realistic.

Like Jennette points out, worrying too much about how we look takes up a lot of time and effort that could be used to do some really amazing things! Why spend an hour straightening your hair or touching up your makeup when you could be hanging out with friends, watching a Jennette's shows, learning to play guitar, planning a party, reading, playing sports, or anything!

If you don't think your photos of your favorite celebrities should be photoshopped, do something about it! Talk to your friends and your family to see what they think about the issue. You can even write to some of your favorite magazines and ask that they stop photoshopping pictures. Two years ago, a middle school student named Julia started a petition demanding that Seventeen stop overusing photoshop. Over 80,000 people signed the letter! Since then, Seventeen has promised not to photoshop photos of women to change their body sizes. (Read more about it here!).

Thanks to courageous gals like Jennette and Julia, we're starting to see progress on the issue of negative body image. What are you going to do to keep the movement going?

New #aeriereal campaign is a big step in the right direction!

 

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Aerie, the lingerie brand of American Eagle Outfitters, has a new campaign featuring un-photoshopped models.  This is a bold and necessary step taken by a popular brand!  Check out the Buzzfeed article here.