The New York Times is reporting on it! It must be a serious issue, right? From Cinderella Ate My Daughter’s awesome author Peggy Orenstein: Every experience, every interaction, every activity — when they laugh, cry, learn, play — strengthens some neural circuits at the expense of others, and the younger the child the greater the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
OpEd on gendered toys in Sunday’s New York Times
Posted in Toys & products, tagged New York Times, Peggy Orenstein on December 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
When Oprah called, SF non-profit answered
Posted in Body image, tagged About-Face, body image, Eating disorders, fat pregnant women, Girls, Lane Bryant, New York Times, O Oprah Magazine, Oprah, photoshopping, women on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About-Face is a San Francisco based non-profit whose mission “is to equip women and girls with tools to understand and resist harmful media messages that affect self-esteem and body image.” About-Face has received all kinds of recognition for its great work. Most recently, as you can witness all around San Francisco, teenage girls in About-Face’s [...]
Best breasts get best roles in Hollywood
Posted in Body image, Sexuality, tagged botox, fake breasts, Heidi Montag, natural breasts, New York Times on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
At first, it seems like just good news. Sunday’s New York Times reports that actresses with too much plastic surgery are losing parts in favor of more natural looking women. In small but significant numbers, filmmakers and casting executives are beginning to re-examine Hollywood’s attitude toward breast implants, Botox, collagen-injected lips and all manner of [...]
