Club 21 “Girl World” exposed: Binge Drinking, Bullying, Low Self Esteem, and Distorted Body Image

…and the importance of moving beyond finger pointing.
The Body Image Resource Blog wants to thank Dannielle Miller, CEO Enlighten Education, for this great guest post. Dannielle Miller is coming to the Kiss My Assets Blog from Australia with some pretty shocking information that every parent and educator should know. She focuses on an [...]

This One’s For You– Gals! Branding Yogurt for Women

This Youtube, featured on colleague, Kate Harding’s blog, made me laugh so hard I just needed to share it with all of you.
As you know, branding and advertising is a huge part of our culture. We have been made painfully aware of the stereotyping, photo retouching, skinny model using world of press that often [...]

Food for Thought? How Schools are Filling Our Kids with Junk

Foe me, this is an issue of “worth” rather than “weight.”
As we’ve covered in the past, A 2001 Harvard School of Public Health study found that for each soda or juice drink a child drinks a day, the child’s odds of becoming overweight increase 1.6 times.
Two angry Moms, Amy Kalafa and Susan Rubin, would [...]

Beyonce’s Sesame Street Walkers: Sexualized Girls in Dereon Ads

Welcome to “Girls Gone Wild,” Little Tykes Addition. These ads featuring Dereon Girls clothes might provide a momentary laugh if they came out of an old “dress-up box” or if the girls were doing a mock “Pussy Cat Dolls presents Girlicious” audition. But the idea that they’re aimed for public view is alarming.
Still raw from [...]

Geri Halliwell and Moms as Body-Positive Role Models

Mothers can have it touch these days. Not only must they cope with their own body image insecurities, but they must be a positive role model to their daughters.
It’s not that they didn’t always need to think about being a positive role model—of course they did. However, Moms need to cope with the “you [...]

Eating Disorders Revealed: High Schoolers Talk About Their Secret to Educate their Small Town

All teens deal with struggles in their lives. It takes a powerful teen to admit she has a problem, work through her challenges, and use what she’s learned to help others. This article is the result of an interview with Alex Shabo, a teen who is recovering from an eating disorder and helping others [...]

The Power of the Scale Over Girls and Women

The story:
I’m sure you’ve all seen it. Today, I was at the gym and commenting in my head about the good mood everyone was in– good weather, happy faces, hump day.
Then I walked into the dressing room.
There were 2 women, one around 50 years old, the other around 25 or 30, standing around [...]

Celebrity Eating Disorders: Is Hollywood Withering Away?

Christina Ricci, while promoting her movie Speed Racer, has opened up about her battle with the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. The former child star said; “I was a teenager going through adolescence and at one point, I had an anorexia phase and then I kind of ballooned,” she said.
RIcci says she no longer cares what [...]

America the Beautiful Documentary: Is America Obsessed with Beauty?

A movie that answers the question: Is America obsessed with beauty?

In Chicago? This movie opens next week! Go here for details.
Darryl Roberts - Director of “America the Beautiful” says;

America the Beautiful is my 2 year journey into the world of beauty obsession, pop culture and plastic surgery. Leading up to this sadistic epiphany, you [...]

Mopping Up the Miley Mess and Putting it to Rest: Dr. Robyn Answers Your Questions

Dr. Robyn Answers Parents’ Questions from the last 2 days: Given everything that’s been going on with the Miley Cyrus Debacle this week, parents are wondering if they can ever catch a break. The press is everywhere, everyone’s talking about it, and parents (and grandparents) are wondering if any celebrity can be trusted with [...]