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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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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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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] |