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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The serious consequence of exercising too much, too fast
Tamara Hew-Butler, Wayne State University
Every 365.25 days, when the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, we humans have the opportunity to hit...
