Body Image

body image | ethnicity | girl power & feminism | health
inspiration | media | sexuality | size acceptance | sports

		Body Outlaws: Young Women Write About Body Image& Identity edited by Ophira Edut The first-ever multicultural body image anthology. Twenty-eight young women reveal a world where bodies come in al their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue about body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality and power—issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. See the website at www.bodyoutlaws.com.
		Deal With It! A Whole New Approach To Your Body, Brain and Life As a gURL by Esther Drill, Heather McDonald & Rebecca Odes A new-generation "Our Bodies, Ourselves," this frank, funky gem from the creators of the website gURL.com combines must-know facts, cool illustrations, and excerpts from girl site members' actual e-mail conversations.
		The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls by Joan Jacobs Brumberg Through the lens of girls' diaries throughout the 20th century, Brumberg captures the way teenage girls have fixated on their bodies, making appearance into a "project."
		The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf The Beauty Myth exposes the media, advertisements and the cosmetic industries for creating an unattainable beauty standard that leaves women hating their bodies and undeservedly dissappointed with themselves. A great book to read if you feel bad about yourself everytime you open a magazine.
		The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private by Susan Bordo A captivating look at how media, society and family have shaped men's body image.