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Pink Notes: Another War Between Head and Heart (2)

August 30, 2010 • Category: Self-esteem Building Food for Thought

ANOTHER WAR BETWEEN HEAD AND HEART
I find Susan Sarandon to be one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. I notice my shape is very similar to hers. Does she find herself beautiful? Does she fight between her heart and her head?
Next month I will be 48 years old.  My waist is naturally getting thicker, [...]

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Mannequins Make a Statement (2)

Text and photos by Sharon Haywood
Australia has made body image news again. The latest relates to the release of size 16D (US 38D/UK 38DD) mannequins in the lingerie section of the mainstream department store Myers. Back in February, Debenhams department store in London started the movement by using size UK 16 mannequins (US 14/AU 18) [...]

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Ads Featuring “Average Joes” Just as Effective (1)

A recent study in the Body Image journal reports that advertisements that feature everyday males are just as effective as those with super buff male model types. In fact, given the choice between the latter and no model at all, study participants chose no model. The ads were evaluated by both men and women, with [...]

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Dove Video Shown to Impact Girls Self-Esteem (0)

‘No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted’ – that’s the concluding catchphrase of a one-minute video called ‘evolution’ made by Dove a few years ago to show how cosmetics and computer trickery are used to create the unrealistic portrayals of female models on advertising billboards. Now a team of researchers at the University of [...]

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