Body Image
Middle School Monday: Teens, Body Image and Wonder Woman
A couple of weeks ago, my teenage daughter came to me, lifted up her shirt and told me she was thin. And I had what may arguably be one of my worst parenting moments. I looked her straight in the eye and said, “I’m not, so what.” As the mom to a middle school girl, […]
#MHYALit: The Fantasy of Being Thin and YA Lit, a guest post by Katelyn Browne
Last week, we had several conversations about the book Kill the Boy Band and body shaming. You can read post 1 and post 2 for background. In the midst of all these online conversations, Katelyn Browne contacted me and said I want to write a post about “the fantasy of being thin”. Today, we are […]
One Book, Two Radically Different Opinions: An experiment in reading
Yesterday, I wrote a post about losing my confidence as a reviewer. But tucked in that post I also touched briefly about the difference in the way that teens read books versus adults, focusing on the title Kill the Boy Band. I was intrigued by the difference when I stumbled upon Sarah Hollowell and I […]
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Sunday Reflections: The Skin I’m Not Comfortable In, looking back and looking forward at a life with an eating disorder
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Sunday Reflections: What a few minutes searching Google Images for “Prom Dresses” taught me
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That Time Matt Smith Perpetuated Street Harassment Culture at Comic Con 2013
Please read this note about the comments: I wrote this post with the intention that we would consider how we talk to and about people, and that we consider doing so with respect. I ask that if you comment, that you please comment respectfully. Comments calling people or people groups names, using curse words, etc. will be […]
Merida Returns- Campaigns Do Actually Work but More To Be Done
So in case you missed it, the other day I was talking about body image in media, and Disney and their portrayal of Merida from Brave was a hot topic. They had decided for her integration into the official princess pantheon to change her to the smoothed down version (left) from the original Disney/Pixar version […]
Take a Second Look, books that send empowering messages to teens about body image
At TLT, we have an ongoing discussion about books and pop culture and how it affects the body image of our kids. We are all constantly being bombarded with subtle – and sometimes not so subtle – messages about the way we look, or should look. Sometimes, as I start to read a book, alarm […]
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