Zeroing in on your Cultivate Commitment – Read pages 90-91. Cultivate better use of media in your own life. There are plenty of ways to do it! Which will you choose?
- You can commit to saying no to TV stereotypes and shutting off the TV whenever they appear.
- You can keep making media yourself that reflects your values.
- You can keep talking back to media makers about what matters to you.
The challenge and choice is up to you. What has inspired you most along this journey? What opened your eyes, surprised you, made you mad, or made you think and made you want to create?
Once you’ve decided, share your commitment in the comments.
Write: I commit to ___________________________________________ and post it in the comments. Keep in mind that as you Cultivate you will be inspiring others to follow in your footsteps and make changes in their use of media too. Congratulations! You have completed the MEdia journey!
Please email Debbie Lechner (debbie.lechner@gmail.com). Let me know you’ve finished the journey and your full name so I can send you a certificate of completion.
43 replies on “Cultivate Award – Make a Commitment”
I commit to not comparing myself to anyone who appears in the media and reminding myself that everyone is beautiful and that beauty is not everything.
I commit to stop comparing myself to models who were edited and filtered to look more “beautiful”
I commit to being nicer to people because I never know what is going on in others peoples life it makes me mad how rude other people can be, even with other people just asking a simple question.
I will not follow beauty standards. I have been inspired to stand up for others when facing beauty standards. it makes me mad at her so many beauty standards around the world, and I think that we should make less of them.
I commit to not follow beauty standards and gender stereotypes that will limit me.
We make a commitment to not follow the extreme beauty standards and we will love ourselves for who we are.
I commit to not letting the veiws of society and the media make me feel bad or change my opinion about myself.
I commit to ignoring “beauty” and gender stereotypes and helping my friends if they feel down about it.
I commit to helping my friends when if they are down because of media beauty stereotypes.
I commit to saying no to TV stereotypes and changing the channel or turning off the TV when they appear.
I commit to saying no to TV stereotypes and turning off the TV when they appear.
I commit to correcting stereotypes that affect my everyday life and try to help others stray away from believing stereotypes.
I commit to not letting advertainment about beauty be the regular beauty standards.
i commit myself to not let the media i am surrounded by affect the way i think about myself and others
I commit to not letting social media appearances affect me.
I commit to believing in a society where nobody is perfect and stereotypes are ineffective.
I commit to saying no to stereotypes
i commit to spending more time with my famiy and treasuring the small moments because they are special.
I commit to staying off all negative internet platforms and encouraging my friends to do the same.
I commit to encourage other girls to love themselves and not have to listen to others.
I commit to helping my friends saying no to social media when that need it because I k ow it’s hard for them sometimes and I want to help them.
I commit to staying away and saying no to beauty ads or make ups because I don’t need them to make me feel good about myself.
I commit to helping my friends love themselves the way they are.
I commit to helping my friends when they need my help and being there in someway if they need something big or something as little as just someone to talk to
I commit to staying away from bad media and stereotypes
I commit to staying away from bad media and stereotypes. To stop looking at the stereotypes that tell you what you “can and cant do”
I commet to love myself and not listen to sterotypes and never let them classify me or control who I become.
I commit to stay positive about myself, and know that stereotypes don’t represent me. I also commit to not watching anything that puts girls down
I commit to stay positive about myself, and know that stereotypes aren’t real.
I commit to saying no to model sterotypes i love who i am i dont have to look like how people think i should
I commit to saying no to TV stereotypes and turning off the TV when I see them. I also commit to being careful with the things that I hear and see on the Internet and TV so that I won’t be fooled easily.
i commit to being careful when using to internet not everyone is who they say they are and it’s easy to be fooled
You don’t wanna get catfished
I commit to not believing or trusting all things on the internet. A lot of things are fake and untrue and sometime its hard to be able to tell if its true or not.
I commit to ignoring all the bad media out there and shutting it down and turning it off, also to stay off of the internet and spend more time outside.
i comitt to ignoring the ads and to help my friends stay positive about themselves
and me stay positive about myself
I commit to Helping my friends love who they are when they think something bad about themselves.
I commit to always standing up for people who are being bullied because of what their body looks like, on social media.
I commit to saying no to any stereotypes and turning off anything am watching or walk away from it.
I commit to ignoring and not spreading incorrect stereotypes.
I commit to not listen to ads because i have learned some or most are fake, and are just trying to persuade you.
I commit to saying no to TV stereotypes and shutting off the TV whenever they appear.