 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. |
 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. |
 Male Body Image - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mbi2.html Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection. |
 Body Positive - http://www.bodypositive.com/ Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources. |
 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] |
 NPR : Beauty Series, Part 2: Pitching Beauty to Teens - 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 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] |
 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. |
 Bella Online: Body Image - http://bodyimage.bellaonline.com Articles and forum devoted to improving self-esteem by developing a better body image. |
 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. |
 AdiosBarbie.com - http://www.adiosbarbie.com/ Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics. |
 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. |
 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. |
 Mirror, Mirror - http://www.sirc.org/publik/mirror.html From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image. |
 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. |
 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. |
 Body Image Health - http://www.bodyimagehealth.org Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns. |
 My Flatsy Forum - http://www.alexandra-aaa.com/forums/ Support forum for flat-chested women. |
 bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls - http://booksonboobs.com Celebrate your breasts: health and cancer issues to breastfeeding and cosmetic surgery. |