BBC films made for secondary school age classes with the aim of busting body image myths, investigating the commercialisation of body image ideals and promoting debate in the classroom.
Stacy Bias is an activist, educator and entrepreneur who founded TechnoDyke.com as well as FatGirl Speaks, BelliesAreBeautiful.com and the Fat Experience Project.
Judy Freespirit, the architect of the fat liberation movement and all-around lesbian feminist activist, died in SF on September 10, 2010, from natural causes. She was 74. This space is for all the women and allies in struggle whose lives were touched…
Between November 2011 and February 2012 the APPG on Body Image conducted a wide-ranging inquiry into the causes and consequences of body image anxiety. The report captures the evidence that was presented to the inquiry – including the evidence…
A response to the increasing number of calls
for changes to the way models are represented in adverts. These calls primarily focus on the potentially damaging impact of idealised imagery on the body confidence of young women.
Movemeant enables young women to feel confident about their bodies by empowering them with the tools to be active. By using fitness and physical movement as the primary platform for social change, they strive to be a catalyst for creating a new era…
In a deeply unsettling TED talk, Meaghan Ramsey walks us through the surprising impacts of low body and image confidence—from lower grade point averages to greater risk-taking with drugs and alcohol. And then shares the key things all of us can do to…