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Roxane Gay Reads from Difficult Women and Talks with Saeed Jones

By Roxane Gay — 2017

The author of Bad Feminist, Gay has two new books on the way: the short-story collection Difficult Women and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. She reads from Difficult Women, followed by a conversation with BuzzFeed’s Saeed Jones.

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Issues with How You Look, Body Image, and Breast Cancer by Julie Charlish

Julie Charlish talks about body image issues and breast cancer from her own experience.

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2014
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Body Image after Breast Cancer

Video done to support and raise awareness of body image and breast cancer survivors.

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2013
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Roxane Gay—Fitting Into the World in “Hunger” | The Daily Show

Author Roxane Gay opens up about the childhood attack that led to her weight gain, the unwelcome advice she gets daily and writing a different kind of memoir as a fat woman.

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Roxane Gay
2018
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After Baby, Don’t Bounce Back. Bounce Forward! | Tiffiny Hall | TEDxDocklands

Tiffiny Hall is passionate about helping women feel confident and strong. Tiffiny explores the pressures placed on women to bounce back and lose weight after they give birth and shares her experiences in dealing with the bounce back culture after she had a baby.

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2019
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Why Befriending Our Bodies Is So Hard, with JoAnna Hardy

iBme teacher JoAnna Hardy briefly explains mindfulness of the body and how to see our bodies as places of refuge. She also talks about how challenging this is when we have personal and/or cultural judgments and opinion around our bodies.

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JoAnna Hardy
2021
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USC Volleyball Star Talks Eating Disorders and Mental Health in Female Athletes

USC Volleyball star Victoria Garrick reveals her struggle with depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder to highlight the pressures elite female athletes face.

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2018
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Athletes and Body Image: A Discussion on Eating Disorders

Millions of people in the U.S. have an eating disorder and a portion of these people are athletes. Erin Mandras of Kick the Scale.com is one such athlete who developed an eating disorder.

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2016
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Tennis Icon Billie Jean King on Body Image in Sports

Legendary tennis player Billie Jean King discusses female athletes, including Serena Williams, with CNN sports anchor Rachel Nichols.

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Billie Jean King
2015
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Caitlin Davis Fisher: The Body Image of Female Athletes

Caitlin Davis Fisher is a professional football player in Brazil. She cofounded the Guerreiras Project, which focuses on gender, body and football, and is furthering this research as a Fulbright scholar.

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2012
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Pizza-loving Simone Biles on Having Healthy Body Image

Simone Biles may be one of the greatest athletes in the world—but that doesn’t stop her from eating pizza all the time. She talks to Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric about having a healthy body image, even despite being once being called fat by a rival coach. 

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Simone Biles
2016
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