Anonymous wrote, “I work at Tulane Medical School in the Surgery Department. One of the divisions of of Surgery is, well, PLASTIC SURGERY. Plastic’s has a Facebook fan page that I had to fan because the dang person in the department who made the fan page stood over me and told me to check out the fan page and become a fan. That was a couple months ago. Well, today, in honor of Operation Beautiful, I just UN-FANNED the stupid Tulane Aethestic Center Facebook fan page. YIPEEEE!!!! So what if I’m not supporting that division of my workplace!”
Karen wrote, “I love the concept of this site. I read about it online in class today and during the class change, posted this on the mirror. Every girl deserves to shine from the inside out…. every girl deserves to realize how beautiful they are, and how beautiful they will become.”
Marissa wrote, “I have been wanting to participate in leaving a note for a while, but I never seemed to have the right opportunity( no Post-its, no pen, etc!). Today, all the stars aligned! When I brought my daughter to dance class, there were Post-Its on the table waiting to be used!! I grabbed one and posted a note on the bathroom mirror in the dance studio. I felt that it was especially meaningful here because dancers are often known to struggle with body image. I felt that if I could just help one girl know that she is beautiful and perfect the way she is; no matter what her body looked like, no matter how big, no matter how small, then I would be so glad. Even if it was only for one day. Everyone deserves to feel special for a moment.”
Jamie wrote, “I’m an 8th grader at an all girls middle school in California. I found operation beautiful through givesmehope.com and loved the idea from the minute I heard about it. I posted some notes around school and my friends did too. We have a graffiti project where we design graffiti, and go to a legal graffiti area near by to show our art. While there, I thought, what better place to leave an operation beautiful note, where it will be for a long long time!”
Lisa wrote, “As a former ED sufferer, now fully recovered and enjoying life again, I feel passionate about promoting healthy body image to other women in as many ways as I can. So I have posted quite a few notes so far, mainly in women’s restrooms or restaurants and other public places.”
Nikita posted this note:
A girl posted this note, inspired by Relate Magazine:
Stina wrote, "I heard about this site a while ago from The Daily Spark, but I just posted my first note today. I hung it on the inside of the bathroom stall door at work!”
If you LOVE Operation Beautiful and want to participate, post a note, take a picture, and e-mail it to Caitlin at seebriderun@gmail.com. SPREAD THE LOVE!
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I makes me mad when I go back to places where I left operation beautiful messages and they are gone! WTF? I will try to tell myself someone took it as a form of inspiration instead of thinking the grumpy janitor fairy threw it away…
dont be mad
sometimes people keep the notes in their wallets or take them to show other people! of course, all the notes must be cleaned up by the janitor eventually (although sometimes they stay up for WEEKS because the cleaning crew likes it too!). just keep posting!
I loved participating in this! I felt like I was on an undercover mission! But, more importantly, since my little daughter was with me for the “mission”, it gave me the perfect opportunity to explain how she should love her body, her hair, her eyes, her nose…all of it. She is perfect, unique and beautiful just the way she is