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Body image

2010

This is me

facing physical challenges
2010
Shares the true-to-life stories of teen and preteen girls who are struggling with issues involving disabilities, body image, and self-control, each with comments and advice from Dr. Robyn Silverman.

Body image

2013
A collection of sixteen essays that discuss many points of view about body image.

Body image

a reality check
1999
Discusses the problems with body image, the reasons why some people have a poor body image, and how self-perception and self-acceptance are affected by society.

Impatient Pamela asks

why are my feet so huge?
1998
Pamela is unhappy with her larger-than-average feet, until she realizes what an advantage they give her in playing youth soccer and other sports and games.

Body drama

2008
Offers young women candid information and advice on a variety of body-related issues, including skin problems, concerns about breasts and genitalia, hair, nails, body image, and more.

Am I thin enough yet?

the cult of thinness and the commercialization of identity
1997
Explores why women feel the way they do about their minds and bodies, specifically highlighting the notions that thinness is beauty and that a woman's body is more important than her mind.

Too fat? too thin?

the healthy eating handbook
2009
Too Fat? Too Thin? is a handbook that presents helpful and easy-to-follow text to help young readers understand their healthy, natural body shape and their correct body weight.

Looks

2009
Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship.

The grooming of Alice

2001
During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.

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