Beauty, Imagination & Stereotypes : Unpacking the Pros and Cons of Barbie
My daughter was never a huge fan of Barbie, but then neither was I as a child, but after decades of criticism that its best-selling doll fails to accurately reflect a woman’s proportions, Mattel has released three new body shapes to its iconic Barbie line ! The body types unveiled were – curvy, tall and […]
Shocking new survey showing large number of body anxious teens avoiding PE
Being a teenager is fraught with being self conscious, yet in this digital age where image is everything teenagers are under a lot of pressure to be ‘perfect.’ The survey by the ‘Be Real Campaign’ suggests that schools could do more to combat this unrealistic expectation of what it is to have a perfect body. […]