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Tag Archives: Eating Disorders
Keep it real challenge: Photoshop’s impact on body image
By Armelle Djoukoue With the advent of Photoshop in the design industry, it has been easy for the media NOT to keep it real. Photoshop has allowed advertisers to give cover models a little superficial nip and tuck or body … Continue reading
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One Sticky Note At A Time
By Carolina Costa “Love your body and treat it well!” or “Beauty has no color” were some of the messages posted on sticky notes around the UMKC campus during the last week of February. The Women’s Center along with … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, Carolina Costa, Eating Disorders, UMKC Women's Center
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Dying to be Perfect
By Devon White Young people today live in a society where body image expectations are high and their physical appearance holds more importance than character and skill sets. The perfectionism pushed onto women from the media pressures them to live … Continue reading
Gerren Taylor: Size 4 and Too Big?
Are you too big to model? How would you feel if you thought you weren’t fat, but people in the fashion industry felt you were? What if they told you that you needed to lose weight in order to save … Continue reading
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Tagged Body Image, Eating Disorders, Girls & Teens
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Australia Makes Body Image History
In the past week, Australia announced the first body-image initiative in the world. According to a recent article, the initiative is a voluntary code that media and modeling agencies, as well as others, can choose to adhere to. This code … Continue reading
Is Spain moving in the right direction on issues regarding body image? What could we learn?
By now, you’ve probably either read something or heard something about a recent decision by Spain to curb the amount of advertising for cosmetic surgery, weight-loss pharmaceuticals, and certain beauty treatments on their airwaves. According to a recent article, this … Continue reading
Thin Images
As one might expect, the topics of female body image and eating disorders is an oft discussed topic here at the Women’s Center. We already have several entries in our blog achieves which deal with these topics. These articles cover … Continue reading
Eating Disorders: Getting Past the Myths
Many people are aware of the serious nature of eating disorders, but sometimes stereotypes and myths can distort our perception of the illnesses. We think that individuals with eating disorders should look or act a certain way because of what … Continue reading
The Dangers of Eating Disorders During Pregnancy
As I reported in a previous blog, eating disorders are dangerous for women. From another recent article, I learned that they are especially dangerous for women who are pregnant. According to the article, generally, it is difficult for women who … Continue reading
