Tag: Body image
Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram...
Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky
Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram – the...
How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to...
Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Florida International University
In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING...
8 ways to manage body image anxiety after lockdown
Tracy Tylka, The Ohio State University
Being able to socialize again may bring enthusiasm and a sense of normalcy...
When men started to obsess over six-packs
Conor Heffernan, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
The cultural obsession with six-pack abdominals shows...
How one early 20th-century performer defanged her fat-shamers
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
It’s all-too-common for women – especially those in the public spotlight – to be criticized for their weight....
The ideal female body type is getting even harder to attain
Frances Bozsik, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Brooke L. Bennett, University of Hawaii
Day after day, we’re bombarded with so many media messages that rarely...
Women compete to be thin for men – a pursuit exacerbated...
Helen Driscoll, University of Sunderland
Plus Sized Wars, Channel 4’s exploration into the rise of the plus-sized fashion industry is part of an ongoing debate...
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Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University
President Donald Trump’s reaction to the disappearance and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul reveals important details...
