Fat Acceptance
Artwork, Chats and Forums, Directories, Mailing Lists, Organizations, Personal Pages, Publications, Regional, Teens, BBW Castle, Big Folks Health FAQ, Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, FAQ About Physical Resources for Big Folks, Fifty Four Percent, Grand Style Women's Club, I Was A Fat Kid - This Is My Story., Imabiggal.com, Kelly Bliss, Largely Positive
Media Pressures
About-Face: Facts on the Media, Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women Are Ta, Mediascope Issue Briefs - Body Image and Advertisi, Stop The Object, The Focus on Beauty, What Is Victoria's Secret
Pro-Anorexia
Aesthetic, Almost x Perfect, An ordinary girl, Ana Gurlz, Ana's Heaven, Ana's Realm, Ana's Underground Grotto, Ana-Angels, Anorexics.net, Armelle
AdiosBarbie.com
Articles, features, news and polls on a variety of body image topics.
Body Image
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.
Body Image Health
Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns.
Body Positive
Features articles, forums, psychological exercises, activism ideas, and resources.
Chronic Illness and Body Image
An article from Rest Ministries on negative body image in people with chronic illness, and its psychological effects.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment for Body
Brief overview of a report by Vanderbilt University's psychology department, exploring cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for body image disatisfaction.
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
Articles, links and resources on discrimination and media images, with information about how to become a media-watch volunteer.
Detroit News: Immigrant Girls Suffer from Anorexia
Article on the pressures faced by immigrant girls seeking acceptance in US society.
Disability Cool: Sexuality 'R Us
Article exploring the link between fat oppression and the experiences of women with disabilities.
Does Your Daughter Have a Positive Body Image?
Teenage girls tend to struggle with body image in far greater numbers than boys.
Don't Tell Me What Size I Must B
An international group of women, dedicated to halting the discrimination against plus size women by the media and fashion industries.
I Am Beautiful
Aiming to promote self-esteem through self-discovery. Includes excerpts and ordering for the book and video, resources including a quiz, messageboard and links.
Male Body Image
Brief article examining the idea of male bodily perfection.
Mirror, Mirror
From the Social Issues Research Center, a summary of findings on body image.
Normal Breasts Gallery
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.
NPR : Beauty Series, Part 1: Setting the Beauty Ag
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]
NPR : Beauty Series, Part 2: Pitching Beauty to Te
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 a series of conversations on the nature of beauty. [6:44 Realaudio broadcast]
Psychology: Body Image
Information on a collection of documentary films and videos on body image, primarily for educational use from Film Makers Libraries.
Rocki's Hips and Curves Appreciation Page
Dedicated to the plus-sized woman. Includes photos and tributes to famous larger women and positive messages for women about loving their bodies.
Short Persons Support
Provides support and reference material to persons of short stature and creates a forum to teach people about the social issues of being short. [Society/Support_Groups/]
Small Step
Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and body image.
Suite101: Body Size Issues and Concerns
Articles and forum about body size issues and concerns.
The Body Burden - Living in the Shadow of Barbie
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.
The Cincinnati Post: Better Dead than Fat
Short article about poll findings that women would choose weight loss over longevity.
The Psychology of Ideal Body Image
Article by Barbara A. Cohen, Ph.D. examining the psychology of the idealized body.
Women's Body Image
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.