A reader alerted blogger, Kate Harding, to a controversial article on www.beinggirl.com, a website sponsored by Tampax and parent company Procter & Gamble. Many of the body image blogs are talking about it since it’s message is not of positive body image but rather, of questionable tactics aimed to help barely pubescent girls stay thin.
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On a recent episode of Intervention, a show on A & E, a mother and daughter were highlighted. While the intervention was initially meant to be focused on the daughter, Caylee, it became clear that the mother, Christy, also needed help. As a young girl, Caylee remembers her mother [...]
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Won’t you wear your sweater?
Mr. Rogers always reminds me of a kinder, gentler time when children didn’t have 300 channels of everything from cartoons to candid sex and violence to choose from at 9am. It didn’t promote exaggerated stereotypes, rude language or “pimped-out rides” and any mention of “your crib” really meant, well, your [...]
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