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Body Positive - http://www.bodypositive.com/
Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources. |
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Council on Size and Weight Discrimination - http://www.cswd.org/
Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer. |
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AdiosBarbie.com - http://www.adiosbarbie.com/
Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics. |
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Body Image Health - http://www.bodyimagehealth.org
Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns. |
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Mirror, Mirror - http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html
From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image. |
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Short Persons Support - http://www.shortsupport.org
Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short. |
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bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls - http://booksonboobs.com
Celebrate your breasts: health and cancer issues to breastfeeding and cosmetic surgery. |
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Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image? - http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/bodyimage/a/bodyimage5.htm
Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys. |
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I Am Beautiful - http://www.iambeautiful.com
Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links. |
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The Body Burden - Living in the Shadow of Barbie - http://www.bodyburden.com
Information about and reviews of the book by Stacey Handler, granddaughter of the woman who created the Barbie doll, in which she openly discloses her own battle with her body image. |
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Body Image Dissatisfaction - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/BI_Therapy.htm
Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image dissatisfaction. |
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The Psychology of Ideal Body Image - http://www.healingthehumanspirit.com/pages/body_img.htm
Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body. |
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Male Body Image - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mbi2.html
Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection. |
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Body Image - http://www.freewebs.com/body_image/
This is an useful, informative website that uncovers the issue of body image, why women have become preoccupied with their appearance, and how the media reflects upon these. |
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NPR : Beauty Series, Part 1: Setting the Beauty Agenda - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1958117
NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Linda Wells, editor of Allure magazine about the magazine, its coverage of beauty issues, and how it chooses what goes on the cover. [6:10 Realaudio broadcast] |