Body Image Directory
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The Psychology of Ideal Body Image
healingthehumanspirit.com
Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body.Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image?
parentingteens.about.com
Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys.Male Body Image
infoplease.com
Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection.Bella Online: Body Image
bodyimage.bellaonline.com
Articles and forum devoted to improving self-esteem by developing a better body image.AdiosBarbie.com
adiosbarbie.com
Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics.Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Body Image Dissatisfaction
vanderbilt.edu
Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image dissatisfaction.NPR : Beauty Series, Part 1: Setting the Beauty Agenda
npr.org
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] (June 15, 2004)The Body Burden - Living in the Shadow of Barbie
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.Body Image
freewebs.com
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.Body Positive
bodypositive.com
Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources.Mirror, Mirror
sirc.org
From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.Body Image Health
bodyimagehealth.org
Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns.NPR : Beauty Series, Part 2: Pitching Beauty to Teens
npr.org
Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the media have created an ideal of beauty for young girls that is dangerously unachievable. Kilbourne speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg in the second in a series of conversations on the nature of beauty. [6:44 Realaudio broadcast] (June 15, 2004)Short Persons Support
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.Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
cswd.org
Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer.bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls
booksonboobs.com
Celebrate your breasts: health and cancer issues to breastfeeding and cosmetic surgery.
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