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survey analysis: part 4

May 12, 2010

Did you miss part 1, part 2 or part 3? When talking about body image nowadays, people assume that the media has something to do with it. I know personally the media had nothing to do with my eating disorder so I thought that I’d try to ask people about their experience with eating disorders [...]

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survey analysis: part 3

May 11, 2010

Miss part 1 or part 2? Along with the media, there are advertisements. I wanted to see what women said about the images they saw to get a better understanding of how they perceived the models. In the survey, there were three advertisements that were shown to the respondents- one ad of 5 plus-sized models, [...]

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survey analysis: part 2

May 10, 2010

Did you miss part one? We talked about viewership of magazines, beauty definition and body image, but now it’s about… … the Media Unfortunately, whether it’s the media’s fault for making women feel not good enough or the reader’s fault for buying the magazine in the first place, 46% of women said that the media [...]

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survey analysis: part 1

May 10, 2010

Ok, here it is! I promised I’d share some of the results I wrote about for the end of my study book so here it is. I think after you read it, you’ll understand why I’m launching the new blog and what it means to me to do so. I’m going to split it into [...]

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hula hopping isn’t just for kids…

April 9, 2010

I saw this article in the NYTimes back when it was written one month ago and thought hey, that looks fun. I used to love hula hooping as a child and was actually quite good at it (if I do say so myself). See when I was young, I had pretty wide hips for my [...]

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do sororities promote low body image?

March 15, 2010

My aunt sent this article to me this weekend on whether sororities promote a negative body image and create an environment where comparing eachother is a favorite pastime. It was interesting reading it because while I know my experience was different, my sorority actually kept me at Elon University for my whole sophomore year. By [...]

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