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Instagram Is Destroying Teen Girls' Mental Health, and Facebook's Been Real Quiet About I
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(General)
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... article was released, TikTok unveiled a variety of new features to support those who may be struggling with depression, eating disorders, and/or suicidal thoughts. These new features include well-being ...
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Created on 16 September 2021
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Norway Passes New Law Banning PhotoShop Among Social Media Influencers
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(Living)
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... between social media, body dysmorphia and disordered eating. One study looked at 1,000 middle schoolers, and found that a greater number of social media accounts was associated with a higher frequency ...
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Created on 22 July 2021
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This Queer Valedictorian Almost Had His Speech Censored By His High School, But The Audience Was Not Having It
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(Feminism)
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... Dershem did was voice the realities of his life and those of so many other people his age. Teenagers are queer. They deal with eating disorders and accepting their bodies. They have issues with their mental ...
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Created on 01 July 2021
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In Honor of Mental Health Action Day, Here Are 8 Mental Health Organizations to Know and Support
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(Living)
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... of mental and emotional disorders and properly treating them. In addition, they take care of those suffering from mental illness and promote mental health.
7. Mental Health and Recovery. This organization’s ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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Demi Lovato Plans to Keep Her Recovery Private After Facing Backlash
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(Entertainment)
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... is between “her and her treatment team,” Buzzfeed reported.
Lovato bore her soul in her YouTube docuseries, Dancing with the Devil about her struggles with addiction and eating disorders. Her prominent ...
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Created on 22 April 2021
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Joe Biden Appoints Dr. Rachel Levine As Assistant Health Secretary, A Historical First For The Transgender Community
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(Feminism)
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... Hershey Eating Disorders Program and teaching as a professor at the Penn State College of Medicine. When Levine began her career in medicine, she worked at the prestigious Mount Sinai Hospital in New York ...
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Created on 19 January 2021
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What’s So Funny? Pop Culture Still Doesn’t Know How To Handle Bulimia
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(Entertainment)
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... years later, I’m still not sure. Nowhere in the film is she shown to have an eating disorder, so presumably, the line is somehow meant to reflect her lovable quirkiness. Looking back on the flippancy of ...
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Created on 17 September 2020
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The Kardashians And Their False Promises
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(Feminism)
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... results they believe to be possible, they could turn to unhealthy dieting, eating disorders, or worse.
If you follow the Kardashians-Jenners or have younger relatives who do, I recommend you remove ...
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Created on 14 August 2020
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Why Won't Men Wear Masks
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(Living)
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... via Cottonbro / Pexel
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Why Getting Rid Of The Aunt Jemima Brand Isn't Enough
Quarantine Holds Different Hardships For Those With Eating Disorders
How Pregnant Essential Workers Got ...
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Created on 23 June 2020
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Quarantine Holds Different Hardships For Those With Eating Disorders
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(Living)
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... to recovery.
Eating disorders are typically defined as disorders related to “unhealthy, obsessive or disordered” eating and exercise habits—the most commonly known types being anorexia and bulimia nervosa. ...
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Created on 15 June 2020
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Instagram, National Eating Disorder Association and Body Positive Activists Come Together for #ComeAsYouAre Campaign
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(Feminism)
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... photographs of idealistic body types littered the platform along with hidden hashtags that supported, if not encouraged, disordered eating. While this kind of content can still be found on the app, a movement ...
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Created on 26 February 2020
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Why Women Are Rejecting the Term "Anti-Aging
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(Living)
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... energy and resources toward solving real women’s issues. Take, for example, the fact that twice as many females as males develop eating disorders. Or that one in four girls will be sexually abused before ...
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Created on 22 November 2019
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The Woman Behind "Reviving Ophelia" Reflects On Teen Girls' Mental Health, Then & No
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(Feminism)
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... and alcohol abuse, self-harm, eating disorders, high rates of sexual assault, reckless behaviors, and school truancies. Her book was the first—many followed—to connect these behaviors with popular culture ...
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Created on 24 September 2019
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On Miley Cyrus And The Way We Talk About Pansexuality
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(Feminism)
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... isn’t just about A-listers anymore.
Top photo via YouTube / MileyCyrusVEVO
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5 Common Myths About Bisexuality & Pansexuality Debunked!
No, Cheating On Your Wife Is Not The Same ...
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Created on 16 August 2019
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How Jameela Jamil Is Helping The Fight Against Fatphobia
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(Feminism)
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... because I never saw them on people on TV.#freethebackfat #letabitchlive pic.twitter.com/UkqpbSOzT0
— Jameela Jamil ? (@jameelajamil) August 10, 2019
Having struggled with eating disorders for the ...
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Created on 12 August 2019
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Macy’s And Forever 21 Tried To Serve Fatphobia—Customers Didn’t Bite
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(Feminism)
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... and funny, normalizing diet culture through “jokes” is far from harmless. The blasé attitude in which we write off disordered eating and body dissatisfaction encourages silence and stigma surrounding eating ...
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Created on 24 July 2019
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Nike's Plus-Size Mannequins For Inclusivity Met With Fat-Phobic Outrag
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(Style)
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... at 6 feet tall with a 24-inch waist—maybe just a tad different from the average U.S. woman, who is 5’ 4” with a waist of nearly 39-inches.
A 2017 study published in the Journal of Eating Disorders concluded ...
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Created on 10 June 2019
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12 Women and Non-Binary Asian Americans You Should Know About
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(Feminism)
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... eating disorders, sexuality, addiction, and racism. Cho is effortlessly funny, powerfully political, and overall an incredible role model for girls like me who hope to push into the too-white, too-male ...
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Created on 31 May 2019
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Suffering Blows: One Woman’s Journey With Grief
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(Living)
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... cheerleader, and JB’s ex girlfriend.
As a young woman struggling with body image issues, eating disorders, and apparently a fixation with ice cubes and dicks, I was mortified, humiliated, and in that ...
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Created on 19 March 2019
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It Took Me 23 Years To Get Diagnosed With ADHD. It Takes Many Women Even Longer.
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(Feminism)
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... to eating disorders, skin picking, disorganization, and other elements that can make them appear fine on the outside.
Dr. Eichenstein says that women with ADHD are normally diagnosed much later in life. One ...
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Created on 04 December 2018
