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- AdiosBarbie.com - Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics.
www.adiosbarbie.com
- Body Image and Health Inc. - Organisation which campaigns for better body image messages from the fitness, fashion, media and advertising industries. Contains articles, press releases, details of lecturers and organisation profile.
www.rch.unimelb.edu.au/BIHInc
- Body Positive - Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources.
www.bodypositive.com
- Chronic Illness and Body Image - An article from Rest Ministries on negative body image in people with chronic illness, and its psychological effects.
www.restministries.org/art-bodyimage.htm
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Body Image Dissatisfaction - Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image disatisfaction.
www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/BI_Therapy.htm
- Council on Size and Weight Discrimination - Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer.
www.cswd.org
- Detroit News: Immigrant Girls Suffer from Anorexia - Article on the pressures faced by immigrant girls seeking acceptance in US society.
detnews.com/2000/nation/0003/12/A14-14421.htm
- Disability Cool: Sexuality 'R Us - Article exploring the link between fat oppression and the experiences of women with disabilities.
www.geocities.com/HotSprings/7319/sex.htm
- Emelina: Building a Better Body Image - A personal essay from someone who has struggled with negative body image.
www.emelina.com/building.html
- Gender Differences in Body Image - Offers an overview and summary of a research paper by Dr. Alan Feingold, published in the Psychological Science journal.
psychology.wadsworth.com/student/common/symposium/98-09/feingold.html
- Good Girls Do Swallow - Features a book by Rachel Oakes-Ash detailing her battle to stop hating her body. Includes author profile, book extracts, and media and reader comments.
www.lipschtick.com.au
- I Am Beautiful - Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links.
www.iambeautiful.com
- Male Body Image - Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection.
www.infoplease.com/spot/mbi2.html
- Mirror, Mirror - From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.
www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html
- Promoting Healthy Body Image - Report from the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse covering the topic of negative body image in pregnant women.
www.opc.on.ca/beststart/bodyimg/httoc.html
- Psychology: Body Image - Information on a collection of documentary films and videos on body image, primarily for educational use from Film Makers Libraries.
www.filmakers.com/PSYCHO.html#body
- Rocki's Hips and Curves Appreciation Page - Dedicated to the plus-sized woman. Includes photos and tributes to famous larger women and positive messages for women about loving their bodies.
pacificlib.tripod.com/rockishipsandcurvesappreciationpage
- Short Persons Support - Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short. [Society/Support_Groups/]
www.shortsupport.org
- The Body Burden - Living in the Shadow of Barbie - 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.
www.bodyburden.com
- The Cincinnati Post: Better Dead than Fat - Short article about poll findings that women would choose weight loss over longevity.
www.cincypost.com/2001/jun/19/ellen061901.html
- The Psychology of Ideal Body Image - Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body.
www.healingthehumanspirit.com/pages/body_img.htm
- Women's Body Image - Contains a definition of the term, student's thoughts, and discussion of the health effects of poor body image, and of the impact of the media.
www.wellesley.edu/Health/BodyImage
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