Mirror, mirror
Subtitle: teen girls write about body image
By: by Youth Communication ; edited by Hope Vanderberg
Contributors: Youth Communication (Organization)
Edition: 2nd expanded ed.
Publisher: Youth Communication
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781935552000
Subjects: Body image in girls; Body image in adolescence; Self-acceptance in adolescence; Self-perception in adolescence; Teenage girls; Body dysmorphic disorder; Body image disturbance; Image du corps chez les filles; Image du corps chez l'adolescent; Acceptation de soi chez l'adolescent; Perception de soi chez l'adolescent; Adolescentes; Dysmorphophobie; Troubles de l'image du corps
Description: The true stories in this book reveal the pain that many teen girls go through when it comes to body image. But the writers also show strength as they begin to understand how their attitudes are influenced by society, and they attempt to fight against that pressure--page 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: The puberty plague / Marlene Peralta; title: Big breasts are no blessing / Rasheeda Raji; title: My cups are half-empty / Andrea Guscott; title: Big, black, and beautiful / Anonymous; title: Lightening my skin, straightening my hair / Samantha Brown; title: When nappy didn't make me happy / Keshia Harrell; title: Who's that girl? / Danny Gong; title: Cover girl / Bashiyrah Morrow; title: I was a beauty school sucker / Tonya Leslie; title: Beauty or beast? / Angelina Darrisaw; title: Trying femininity on for size / Debbie Seraphin; title: Covering my butt / LaToya Souvenir; title: Naturally thin / Desirée Guéry; title: Mirror, mirror on the wall / I. Okolo; title: Beauty is more than skin deep / Danielle Wilson; title: I took dieting too far / Renu George; title: Marked at birth / Cynthia Orbes; title: Life as a shorty / SaeRom Park; title: Learning to love my hair / Charlene George; title: Finding your confidence / Lori Evans; title: Fiction special: Lost and found / Anne Schraff; title: Using the book: Teens: how to get more out of this book; title: How to use this book in staff training; title: Teachers & staff: how to use this book in groups.