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Compliments can hurt: Appearance-related comments increase girls' self-objectification

Jan 24, 2019
4 min

Compliments can hurt: Appearance-related comments increase girls' self-objectification

by Kim Nguyen *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to ignite an anti-racist gender justice movement Compliments. I love giving them and am generally comfortable getting them. I love original and artistic expressions that people rock (because I’m slightly jealous of people who can pull off super unique looks) and I like to make other people feel good. I like to think I have an eye for design and

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Exercise motivations shape young women's self-objectificatioin

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Jan 17, 2019
4 min

Exercise motivations shape young women's self-objectificatioin

by Steph Anderson I am not a runner – or at least I wasn’t. I grew up hating running for all of the obvious reasons: panting, chafing, blisters, short shorts. Frankly, I would have rather spent an hour at the dentist than run 2 miles. So when I completed the New York City Half Marathon this past spring, I was elated and honestly amazed that my body even had the capacity to run that far. I also felt more connected to my body than ever before. Yet, one of the first comments a f

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Dealing with multiple marginalizations: How do low-income Black girls navigate sexualization?

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Jan 10, 2019
5 min

Dealing with multiple marginalizations: How do low-income Black girls navigate sexualization?

by Marisa Ragonese *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to ignite an anti-racist gender justice movement What a year for talk about racism in the US. No criminal charges for Darren Wilson, the police officer in Furguson, MO who shot unarmed Black teenager Mike Brown last August. Or Daniel Panteleo, the cop in NYC caught on video putting Eric Garner, Black father of six, in a fatal chokehold on a

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Virtual feminist activism: The importance of girls' online blogging communities

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Dec 20, 2018
4 min

Virtual feminist activism: The importance of girls' online blogging communities

by Jenn Chmielewski *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to ignite an anti-racist gender justice movement Okay, so I’ll admit it. Post-Turkey day and just a couple weeks off from my family’s Christmas dinner (and my awesome candy cane cookies) I’ve started to think a little too much about how this holiday season might be putting a few pounds on me. When it’s just me with a mirror, sometimes I ca

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Eating disorders aren't just an issue for straight, White girls: ED's across race/ethnicity & gender

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Dec 13, 2018
4 min

Eating disorders aren't just an issue for straight, White girls: ED's across race/ethnicity & gender

by Allison Cabana Once upon a time, I was a 15-year-old queer brown girl with an eating disorder. I wasn’t the first, and I won’t be the last, but perhaps my experience is a more common one than people think. Let me back up for a second. In my ninth grade health class, we watched a particularly memorable made-for-TV movie: The Best Little Girl In The World (1981). I may not remember everything from health class, but I definitely remember this movie and how it made me think ab

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Sexual objectification disrupts women's cognitive performance

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Nov 16, 2018
4 min

Sexual objectification disrupts women's cognitive performance

by Christin Bowman *From the SPARK Research! Blog Archive: This blog was originally written for SPARK, a girl-fueled organization working to ignite an anti-racist gender justice movement It was on a hot summer day a few weeks ago that I decided to sit outside in a park to do some writing. Ninety-degree heat isn’t for the faint of heart, and the only sane thing to wear on a day like that is shorts and a tank top. What can I say? I like it hot. I set myself up under a sprawling

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