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Male Body Image: The Naked Truth

2019

In this episode of The Naked Truth, five men – of all different shapes and sizes – talk about their own bodies and reveal what it’s like to feel the pressure to look the part in a six-pack-obsessed culture.

14:24 min

I Love My Mastectomy Scars, But My Relationship with My Body Is More Complicated

Paige More gets real about what it was like to be a body positivity advocate who didn’t love her own body, and how she’s repairing her relationship with it now.

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Paige More
2019
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Diversify Your Identity

Just like with financial diversification, you should also invest in several different areas of your identity.

Article
Mark Manson
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I Changed My Body for My Sport. No Girl Should.

Women and girls are no longer content just to have a chance to play; we are demanding that sports be rebuilt altogether.

Article
Lauren Fleshman
2019
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Let's get physical: how women's sport can conquer body image

Body image issues ought to have no place in sports, but it stops many women from getting involved. It’s time to celebrate female bodies for what they can do.

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Anna Kessel
2016
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Body Image and Physical Activity

How you feel about your body can influence your physical activity participation.

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Christy Greenleaf
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On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating

An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Raisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.

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Karina Manta
2024
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US Athletes on Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues

Now a college coach, when she was young girl, Misty Hyman first thought being athletic would be a way for her to feel more attractive, more confident. She believed that looking powerful and strong would make her beautiful. Then she hit her teenage years.

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Discovery Contributor
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Female Athletes Confront Body Image

At least one athlete on each team said either she or a teammate had struggled or continues to struggle with eating disorders or body image issues during college.

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Danilea Brighenti
2016
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Body Image Issues Can Impact Athletes at a Young Age

Body image issues are not unusual in athletes and can start at a young age. Negative consequences of poor body image include quitting sports, eating disorders, and low self esteem.

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Jeff Burtka
2019
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Why do Some Athletes Struggle with Body Image?

Body image issues in athletes can come from a wide variety of sources: certain sports value specific weights and body types more than others, athletes will deal with puberty in different ways and some student athletes struggle with control in other areas of their lives, which can lead to body image...

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TrueSport
2020
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