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The Psychology of Ideal Body Image (Popularity:  )
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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Council on Size and Weight Discrimination (Popularity: )
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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Mirror, Mirror (Popularity: )
http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html
From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.
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Disability Cool: Sexuality 'R Us (Popularity: )
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/7319/sex.htm
Article exploring the link between fat oppression and the experiences of women with disabilities.
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Short Persons Support (Popularity: )
http://www.shortsupport.org
Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social ...
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I Am Beautiful (Popularity: )
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 ...
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Don't Tell Me What Size I Must B (Popularity: )
http://www.geocities.com/tenorqueen/
An international group of women, dedicated to halting the discrimination against plus size women by the media and fashion industries.
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Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image? (Popularity: )
http://parentingteens.about.com/library/weekly/aa110901a.htm
Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys.
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Body Image Health (Popularity: )
http://www.bodyimagehealth.org
Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns.
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Tit 4 Tat (Popularity: )
http://www.tit4tat.net
Where attitude and apparel intersect. Library of articles and links.
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Normal Breasts Gallery (Popularity: )
http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php
Pictures of normal (non-sexual) breasts, big, small, flat-chested, sagging, asymmetrical, different size areolas, with the purpose that women and girls ...
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Small Step (Popularity: )
http://www.smallstep.gov/
Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and body image.
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Suite101: Body Size Issues and Concerns (Popularity: )
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/18978
Articles and forum about body size issues and concerns.
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My Flatsy Forum (Popularity: )
http://www.alexandra-aaa.com/forum/
Support forum for flat-chested women.
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NPR : Beauty Series, Part 1: Setting the Beauty Agenda (Popularity: )
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 ...
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NPR : Beauty Series, Part 2: Pitching Beauty to Teens (Popularity: )
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1968820
Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the ...
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Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women Are Taboo (Popularity: )
http://www.fair.org/extra/9707/fear-of-fat.html
Article by Laura Fraser on why the media will not use images of overweight women.
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About-Face: Facts on the Media (Popularity: )
http://www.about-face.org/r/facts/media.shtml
Offers statistics about how images and messages in the mass media affect women's self-image and self-acceptance.
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The Focus on Beauty (Popularity: )
http://members.lycos.co.uk/peaceandloveinc/
This site examines the depiction of female beauty in the media. The intent is to demonstrate how the media negatively ...
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Big Folks Health FAQ (Popularity: )
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fat-acceptance-faq/health/
From the newsgroups soc.support.fat-acceptance and alt.support.big-folks.
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