Admission is free and the public is cordially invited.
In her presentation, Cooper will show before and after photos of how retouching and use of lighting and camera filters make women and girls appear flawless and thinner, a practice which she says undermines the self esteem of girls and women who consider these images an ideal to strive for. Cooper learned about thinness and beauty early. She was 17 when she landed a role in Like Father, Like Son , a film with Dudley Moore. She did, dropping to 110 and winding up in a hospital emergency room with a bleeding ulcer. Herself the mother of a young daughter and concerned about how children view their bodies, Cooper determined to do something about the problem.