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Typically
white,
thin
and
airbrushed
are
the
images
media
uses to portray women and girls in the
media. Email us the, "Pictures you Love & Pictures you Hate" and
tell us
why... more
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You came
out of disability
out
of
skin
and
teeth
and
bones
and
rage
at
inequities
of race,
gender, class...
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Body
Republic is now in the development phase of our Little Stars
Program offered
to girls age 8-12. Body Republic’s unique
approach to
teaching girls body positive principles reaches beyond merely building
her
self-esteem. We provide girls with a backpack full of
skills... more
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One
of
the reasons that so many women and girls are kidnapped, trafficked,
raped, and otherwise abused is that they grin and bear it. Stoic
docility - in particular, acceptance of any decree by a man - is
drilled into girls in much of the world from the time they are babies,
and so they often do as they are instructed, even when the instruction
is to smile while being raped twenty times a day. This is not to
blame the victims. There are good practical as well as
cultural reasons for women to accept abuse rather than fight back and
risk being killed. But the reality is that as long as women and girls
allow themselves to be prostituted and
beaten... more
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Every
woman's body is a keeper of experiences, secrets and stories. What's
your bodies confession?
more
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Body
Positive Toy Review
Karito
Kids earns our first Body
Positive Seal of
Approval. This line of dolls offers girls an
opportunity to explore and develop an understanding and identification
with girls
worldwide. If as a mom you are invested in teaching your child about
multiculturalism read more at http://karitokids.com/start.php
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Body Positive Literary
Seal
of Approval
An Anthology of Voices from
Marginalized Spaces
A
diverse
collection
of
poems,
essays,
and
short stories that document
the transition from girl to woman, as told by the girls and women who
know the journey best.
more
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