Information about and reviews of the book by Stacey Handler, granddaughter of the woman who created the Barbie doll, in which she openly discloses her own battle with her body image. http://www.bodyburden.com
Contains a definition of the term, student's thoughts, and discussion of the health effects of poor body image, and of the impact of the media. http://www.wellesley.edu/Health/BodyImage/
Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short. http://www.shortsupport.org
Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links. http://www.iambeautiful.com
Information on a collection of documentary films and videos on body image, primarily for educational use from Film Makers Libraries. http://www.filmakers.com/PSYCHO.html#body
This is an useful, informative website that uncovers the issue of body image, why women have become preoccupied with their appearance, and how the media reflects upon these. http://www.freewebs.com/body_image
Pictures of normal (non-sexual) breasts, big, small, flat-chested, sagging, asymmetrical, different size areolas, with the purpose that women and girls can stop worrying about the size and shape of their own. http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php
NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Linda Wells, editor of Allure magazine about the magazine, its coverage of beauty issues, and how it chooses what goes on the cover. [6:10 Realaudio broadcast] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1958117
Jean Kilbourne, author of Can't Buy My Love -- How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel, says the media have created an ideal of beauty for young girls that is dangerously unachievable. Kilbourne speaks with NPR's Susan Stamberg in the second in http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1968820
