Body Image
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The effects of 2000’s diet culture lingers today
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Almost every magazine cover in the 2000s showed thin models with bold fonts cheering on the next fad diet that will guarantee the fastest way to lose weight. How to get a celebrity body, the perfect beach body and the revenge body. Diet culture had women tangled in its fingers. A notable and notorious force…
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No carbs, no problem; or is it? Investigating fad dieting and its effect on the body
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Body image is a fragile subject in the modern world. It seems everyone is trying to look like an Instagram model or fit back into their jeans from 2011. Fitness has flooded social media with influencers who work out as a full-time job or girls who look like they don’t have an ounce of body…
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Talking more about male body image
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I firmly stand behind the body positive movement that society has been embracing — especially over the past few years — even if we still have a long way to go in terms of progress. I believe that people have a fundamental right to feel comfortable with who they are and not be judged for…
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The power of Danielle Ponder and The Tomorrow People
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Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People hit the stage in an epic performance on Feb. 28 at the Maureen Forrester Hall. The day long event, which included a speaking engagement and a performance was called For the Love of Justice. This event was created by Karen Stote and Helen Ramirez, two women and gender…
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