“We preach body confidence, but we live in a culture that doesn’t quite know what to do with a woman who actually likes the way she looks. It’s considered arrogant and even unfeminine. Think of the recent hit One Direction song that made the claim that a woman was beautiful precisely because she didn’t know she was beautiful. We need to question a culture that tells women they must be beautiful to be loved, but that they shouldn’t actually feel beautiful or we’ll find them conceited.” FeminismContradictionsShamingWomen S StudiesMixed MessagesBeauty Culture Book:Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women Source: Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women
“There was another problem with Emma's father, difficult for a small child who already thought of herself as greedy - his way of trying to keep her attention, to bribe her, with gifts. On each vof her visits, he would appear with you presents, beautifully wrapped> And her confusion that she liked - and wanted - the presents, but not the man, was painful. He used 'sparkly Sellotape' and cut things into nice shapes and she wistfully writes: I wish he'd be able to translate that care into his treatment of me.” ConfusionEmotional PainEmotional NeglectBad Parenting SkillsMixed Messages Book:To Die For Source: To Die For
“It is so simple, yet so hard for some people to do. If you want someone out of your life then you and only “you” must tell him or her to leave. This can only be done by you. Otherwise, your silence shouts, “I am undecided.” When other people get involved it sends mixed signals. If only more people would be so bold, hearts would not linger so long.” LoveChoicesRelationshipsFreedomSilenceCompassionKindnessFriendsLetting GoConfusionDecisionsFollow Your HeartHoly GhostLingeringMixed SignalsGod S VoiceMixed MessagesFreeing People Author:Shannon L. Alder
“Here’s your night nugget: “Mixed signals are a message. Silence is a statement. And vague intentions are a red flag dressed in charm. If you have to guess, it’s not God. If you have to beg, it’s not love. And if you have to play games, it’s not destiny.” LoveRelationshipsSilenceDestinySelf LoveSelf AwarenessGhostingMixed Messages Author:Dr. Angela L. Hood
“Mixed messages are words pureed in the blender of deceit.” CommunicationConversationDeceptionMessageMixed MessagesBlenderPureed Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough