MORE 'BODY-IMAGE' POSTS
A&F and Disney and Teen Body Image
| Abercrombie and Fitch, Benjamin O'Keefe, Body Image, Disney, Merida, Proud2bMe
So I was on a much needed vacation last week with That Guy and came across a twitter post from a friend about a campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch. Now, I was never an A&F teen: we could never afford the clothes, and I could never fit in them in even if we could have […]
After seeing the follow-up post about body image issues that not only girls, but guys have, it got me thinking about something. Sure, straight guys have these messages coming from society that they need to have these sculpted Adonis-esque bodies, but it becomes even more difficult for gay teens, especially gay and bisexual males who […]
We’ve talked a lot here at TLT about body image and how popular culture and ya lit can influence it. Today, our resident teen reviewer Cuyler shares his struggle with obesity and 5 titles that deal with the issue of being overweight well. Did you know that there’s a threat spreading around America more deadly […]
Karen wrote a wonderful post on tween and teen self esteem and sex in advertising on the female end. If you haven’t read it, DO SO.But you have to wonder, WHAT ABOUT THE BOYS?It’s not just girls who are getting the messages that the media portrays. Boys are bombarded with the same Photoshopped perfection images […]
Sunday Reflections: Sex sells . . . but what are we selling? Low self esteem and body image among on tweens and teens
| Body Image, Sex and Sexuality, Teen Issues, Uncategorized, Warm Bodies
That night I lay cuddling in bed with my almost Tween watching the very last episode of Hannah Montana, a tear slid down my cheek as I recognized that we were closing the door on a chapter of her life. We had grown up watching Hannah Montana try and have the best of both worlds […]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: True confessions of a recovering anorexic, body image and YAlit
| Body Image, National Eating Disorders Awareness, Teen Issues
I am anorexic. You wouldn’t know that to look at me, but they say it is something you never fully recover from – so I guess I am not recovered, but am recovering. I eat now. Sometimes too much and sometimes for the wrong reasons. I am definitely in no way slim any more. But […]
A teen’s body is going through so many changes. Some are welcome, some pleasant… and some anything but. It can be hard to love something so unpredictable. And it can be hard to love your body at any age in an image-obsessed culture where no one ever seems to measure up to the “thinspiration” pins […]
So these past few weeks Christie G and I have been talking about body image and teen fiction. Which got me thinking: What about the book covers themselves? We know from research that the images that teens see in the media affect the way they perceive their own bodies. 3 out of 4 girls feel […]
Lately, Christie and I have been having discussions about the portrayal of obesity in teen fiction. So we have been reading and talking about the concept. Here is a look at some of our posts and book reviews:Every Day by David Levithan, a book reviewButter by Erin Jade Lange, a book reviewThe Girl of Fire […]
Book Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
| Body Image, Book Reviews, Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson
“When Papa dies, she will be queen of Orovalle. She wants to rule and I do not, so it is ironic that by marrying King Alejandro, I will be queen of a country twice as large, twice as rich. I don’t know why I am the one marrying. Surely Joya d’Arena’s king would have chosen […]
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