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In The Body Image Workbook for Teens, you'll find practical exercises and tips that address the most common factors that can lead to negative body image, including: comparison, negative self-talk, unrealistic media images, societal and family pressures, perfectionism, toxic friendships, and a fear of disappointing others. You'll also learn powerful coping strategies to deal with the daily, intense pressures of being a teenage girl.
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"Freedom is loving your body with all its "imperfections" and being the perfectly imperfect you! Love Your Body encourages young girls to admire and celebrate their bodies for all the amazing things they can do, and to help girls see that they are so much more than their bodies"--Back cover.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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English
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The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American children. From thongs and padded bras for 9-year-old girls to "sexting," 24-7 internet porn, and unfiltered social media, kids today are bombarded with commercial sexual appeals like never before. In this astonishing new documentary, award-winning documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer (Leaving Bountiful, How to Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids) explores what this radical...
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Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is that many teens feel self-conscious about their bodies and being a teen girl of color is hard in unique ways. So, how can you start feeling good about yourself when you're surrounded by these unrealistic -- and problematic -- images of what bodies are...
6) Her body can
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"Her body is beautiful--strong, kind and wise. All bodies are lovely no matter their size. A book of poetic declarations of body positivity and self-love for all young girls."--Page 4 of cover.
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Roaring Brook Press
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2022.
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English
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"Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confidence, and the everlasting bond of sisterhood. Lucy's always looked up to her big sister, Olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then, Lucy notices Olivia start to change. She doesn't want to play with Lucy anymore, she's unhappy with the way she looks, and she's refusing to eat her dinner. Finally, Lucy discovers that her sister is not...
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Crackboom!
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2019.
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Français
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"Ouvrage présentant une diversité de corps féminins à travers une multiplicité de manifestations qui s'écartent du canon esthétique, conditionné par le mannequinat et le sexisme des stéréotypes sociaux. Ici, le surpoids, les varices et la pilosité abondante sont des réalités physiques que la société doit apprendre à accepter et cela commence, pour une jeune fille, par apprendre à aimer le corps qu'elle voit se refléter dans son miroir....
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Media Education Foundation
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[2016]
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English
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"The Souls of Black Girls is a provocative news documentary that takes a critical look at media images--how they are instituted, established and controlled. The documentary also examines the relationship between the historical and existing media images of women of color and raises the question of whether they may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images"--Soulsofblackgirls.com...
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