by DrRobyn on September 9, 2008
As you know, I’ve been studying girls, women and body esteem for quite a while. It’s so hard for girls to feel like they “fit in” when our culture sensationalizes thinness and rejects people who deviate from the media’s thin ideal. This cultural issue has a high cost. It isn’t only a problem because it [...]
by DrRobyn on September 9, 2008
I’m not sure how many of you know, but I’ve been studying girls, body image, confidence and success for quite a long time. In fact, a good chunk of my work at Tufts University was on how girls feel they “fit in” to a culture that tends to sensationalize thinness and to reject people the [...]
