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Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
"Media saturation can make girls and YA women question their natural beauty and feel poorly about themselves. This book helps girls work in a positive way to understand their body types and to create figure-flattering styles that also build self-esteem and confidence. Through a self-affirming approach, the style consultant author helps readers strengthen their media literacy by busting media myths about beauty; offers helpful, easy-to-implement proven...
Series
Issues in society volume Volume 372
Publisher
The Spinney Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
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In this book, psychologist Janetti Marotta offers mindfulness exercises for readers struggling with a lack of self-acceptance and self-compassion. Based on the idea that true self-esteem is based on internal, rather than external factors, the 50 easy-to-use practices outlined in this book aim to promote inner awareness and help readers live a more fulfilled life.
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Eating disorders are now considered an epidemic among girls and women throughout the United States. This thesis suggests a study in which the acts and processes of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are positioned as a form of cultural labor undertaken by some Western women in order to embody the myth of the ideal female body. The researcher uses her own lived experience of anorexia and bulimia and her pursuit of embodying femininity in order to...
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
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"Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. The Body Is Not an Apology offers radical self-love as the balm to heal the wounds inflicted by these violent systems. World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds...
18) No body's perfect: a helper's guide to promoting positive body image in children and young people
Author
Publisher
Australian Academic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Author
Series
MPI series in biological cybernetics volume 42
Publisher
Logos Verlag
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English