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The Lady with a Beard: ‘If You’ve Got it, Rock it!’

By Homa Khaleeli — 2016

At 25, Harnaam Kaur holds the world record as the youngest woman to have a full beard. For years, she was bullied. Now she’s an Instagram star.

Read on www.theguardian.com

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Body Image & Eating Disorders

Body image is defined as one’s thoughts, perceptions, and attitudes about their physical appearance. How do you see yourself and feel about your body (e.g., height, shape, and weight) when you look in the mirror?

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National Eating Disorders Association
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Pregnancy and Body Image

Pregnancy causes many changes in your body. Some of these changes can be difficult to deal with or very uncomfortable. Also, after giving birth, your body may take a while to get back to the way it was before, or it may never completely return to the way it looked before pregnancy.

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WomensHealth.gov
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Body Image

A healthy body image means you feel comfortable in your body and you feel good about the way you look. This includes what you think and feel about your appearance and how you judge your own self-worth.

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WomensHealth.gov
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Model Iskra Lawrence on Why You Should “Call Out the Haters”

To celebrate Straight/Curve, a new documentary about female body image, the New York model opens up what it will take to accept—and love—your own body.

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Iskra Lawrence
2016
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Why I Use Humor to Deal with Body Shamers

As a model, I feel a responsibility to support young girls and boys who struggle with body image and self-esteem. Words and images deeply impact the way we view our bodies, and the consequences can be very damaging.

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Iskra Lawrence
2016
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I’m Not Gonna Tell You You’re Beautiful

When I said I was struggling, people would tell me I was beautiful. The world had drained out all the metrics of measuring beautiful and replaced it with scales and calorie counts.

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Danielle LaPorte
2013
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I Had No Idea What to Tell My Daughter About Body Image. And Then She Wrote This.

Awake girls might be a little angry. But they know that the poison is outside, not inside. And they'll work to clear the air for all of us.

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Glennon Doyle
2016
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