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Diverse Instagram Profiles

Notice how all that is represented in media as attractive, sexy and successful is one body - one that is young, thin and usually white..? No wonder body disatisfaction is rife in our society! In order to heal poor body image we need to understand that bodies are meant to come in all shapes, sizes, colours and abilities and we need to actively seek and absorb images that represent the true colour of our world. Curate your media with real people that promote the interesting and diverse world we live in.
Start here, with finding cool and interesting instagram profiles to crowd out any that make you feel bad about yourself or don't serve you.

Watch this - Killing Us Softly 4 - Advertising's Portrayal of Women in the Media

In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes -- images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality.

Watch this - Embrace Documentary

When body image activist Taryn Brumfitt posted an unconventional before-and-after photograph in 2013, it was seen by more than 100 million worldwide and sparked an international media frenzy. In her forceful debut, Brumfitt continues her crusade exploring the global issue of body loathing. She travels the world to interview an impressive range of women about their attitudes to their bodies, including: Mia Freedman, the youngest ever editor of the Australian edition of Cosmopolitan; Adelaide researcher Professor Marika Tiggemann; UK talk show host/photographer Amanda de Cadenet; body image blogger Jess Baker (a.k.a. The Militant Baker); and motivational speaker Turia Pitt.

Watch This - Busting Weight Loss Myths

If yellow teeth are common among people with lung cancer, do yellow teeth cause cancer? Of course not. Common sense tells us that yellow teeth, like lung cancer, can result from smoking. Does fat kill? Will it make you sick? In this video, Dr. Linda Bacon delves into the research and comes up with some surprising results. When you suspend your preconceptions about weight, a very different picture emerges, one where it is the machinery of weight stigma that needs dismantling.

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