We are dedicated to improving body image through research and policy. Tweets by @DrGinnyRW. @Mizzou @MOPreventionSci #BodyImage #Fatphobia #WeightStigma
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New online: @DrGinnyRW @CBIRP finds relationship between #socioeconomicstatus (SES) and #bodyimage among users of hookup apps, with low SES related to worse body image: ow.ly/kg8b50GHUTT #socialwork #socialscience #research #dating
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SO EXCITED for this! & big thanks to @DrDoddie @amuzzey & Maggie Dunleavy! @SWSexuality @SCSG_SSSW @silbermanssw @silbermangsc @CSocialWorkEd
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My quarantine baby is out in the world today and I am so proud 🥰
Get your copy at bit.ly/BodiesAreCool
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New study! Recruiting local (MD/DC) caregivers & professionals working with LGBTQ+ foster youth for a 1.5-2 hour virtual interview. Flexible scheduling & $50 compensation. Interested? More info: youtu.be/yTiIUZmIGY4 Interest form: go.umd.edu/LGBTQFosterYouthS…
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Going down on Tues, 4/6! @NAAFA_Official #webinar series to feature the amazing @DaShaunLH and @danceswithfat chatting with @iofthetigress about #dietculture #fatshaming during #COVID19 #pandemic
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It speaks volumes about the pervasiveness and entrenchment of fatphobia in the United States that people are more upset about a donut company incentivizing vaccination than they are about the deadly virus that has killed over half a million Americans.
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I present my paper-in-progress in collab with @CBIRP today! Our study shows that while positive body image did not protect against fear of weight gain during COVID-19, it was positively associated with intuitive eating in young adult men & women. @TexasSteveHicks 1/
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Hooray! Our (@CBIRP) research on fathers' approaches to discussing body image with their 5-to-10-year-old daughters is now available online at Body Image. 1/4 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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I am open about my experience navigating anorexia recovery. I have also published some empirical research on the topic. Concerned friends, siblings, and parents sometimes contact me, asking for help supporting their loved one with a potential ED.
Here are my suggestions:🧵(1/12)
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Plz, no more references to weight as COVID risk factor; you are causing increased general health risk by upping weight stigma & anxiety. Don't be that person. If there is a COVID/weight link, remember weight is a proxy for many confounders: stigma, class, race, comorbidities...
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When marginalized folx tell you your words are hurting them, it's time to step down, get quiet, & listen. You may not have intended to cause harm, but if your actions cause pain there's learning to be had. Cling to your good intentions and you derail your learning opp
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This @CBIRP article covers the underexplored relationship between youth body image and #substanceabuse.
Enjoy reading freely for 1 month.
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We need your help in slowing the spread of COVID-19. If you are feeling sick or have been asked to quarantine due to a possible exposure, please do not go to work until you are cleared to do so.
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I was just struck by this, from Kiese Laymon's gorgeous memoir, Heavy: “We all broken,” I said. “Some broken folk do whatever they can not to break other folk. If we’re gone be broken, I wonder if we can be those kind of broken folk from now on."
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#Juneteenth
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Grow with us.
Welcome to our first day!!!
Please share your thoughts with us and engage with each other. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #Academics4BlackLives
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“Your Black colleagues are not okay.” Non-Black academics have been asking how to help, Black academics have been seeking to heal. Join the Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Week. youtu.be/WkFxTxo5dvw
#Academics4BlackLives #BlackLivesMatter
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Really, I mean this: "think about food as a form of self-care"
Read More: Don't stress over 'Quarantine 15', says Rutgers body image expert wobm.com/dont-stress-over-th…
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My book is being released June 30th!! Ahhhh! Pre-Order here: amzn.to/2L1Nj5A
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What exactly does the "perfect" body look like? Three Columbia teens express their struggle with #bodyimage. @CBIRP
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