Synopsis
What does it mean to be beautiful? How can a girl embrace and develop her individuality and unique qualities when the world is constantly comparing her to the plastic perfection of Barbie?
Body Positive: A Guide to Loving Your Body is the number one resource for young adult women who desire to redefine and understand true beauty. Focusing on correct body image, self-improvement, thinspiration, mental health, bullying, sexual harassment, and more, Body Positive is packed with introspective questions, guided activities, and inspiring, un-retouched photographs that display the bodies of real, everyday women. Body Positive is a helpful, informative and inspirational guide that will help any girl transcend society’s standards.
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About the Author
Emily Lauren Dick is an author and body positive activist dedicated to educating young people about body image, combating negative social pressures, teaching resiliency, and improving self-esteem. She is passionate about making a positive impact in the world by cultivating empathy, inclusivity, and dismantling shame. She is the founder of The Guiding Light Education Company Inc., a Startup committed to "simplifying the tough stuff for kids!"
Reviews
Gr 7 Up—A guided workbook for girls to celebrate body positivity and learn about harmful messages from the media, complete with full-color photographs of women of a variety of sizes and abilities in their underwear. Author Dick celebrates girls of all kinds, and attempts to empower them to love their bodies regardless of negative external messaging. Quotes from real-life girls about trying to love their body pair with passages about body image, the media, self-improvement, fat talk, thinspiration, mental health, bullying and sexual harassment, and what to look for in the media. Workbook sections offer opportunities to reflect, sketch, and interrogate social media and advertising. The photographs showcase a refreshing range of body types, visible disabilities, and skin colors. While the presentation and layout of the workbook are both very strong, it falls short on content. Though it's clear that there are attempts to be inclusive, the content is focused largely on issues that may be facing genuinely average-sized, able-bodied, white, heterosexual, cisgender women. The author fails to unpack issues that may affect women of color, fat women, or disabled women, and focuses heavily on heterosexual beauty standards and girl power. The quotes from real-life "average girls" may trigger readers dealing with eating disorders or other serious trauma. VERDICT Ultimately, this text offers no real solutions or tools for readers who may be dealing with serious issues. An additional purchase. —Kelsey Socha, Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, MA
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