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Clearinghouse: Body Image
Clearinghouse Homepage
Title: Adios Barbie
URL (Internet "address"): http://www.adiosbarbie.com/
Sponsor: Independently-owned no sponsorship, offers online "stickers" to promote web site.
Author/credentials: Adios Barbie is run by an Executive Producer, Ophira Edut, who started HUES, a magazine for women and is a distinguished speaker, Contributing Editor Thsan Muhammad was an aspiring model, Contributing Editor Pia Guerrero, and Editor/Producer Annie Tomlin are also involved in the creation of this site.
Date posted: First started in 1999.
Description of Site: This site offers a place for young girls to go and have fun but also learn something at the same time. On the home page you will find a "features" section which gives real life examples the effects of poor body image. You can find interviews with women and even men who deal with body image and have experience in helping girls and boys. The interviews provide facts and statistics about body image. "Adios Barbie" also provides an interactive game called "Feed the Model" where it shows the size of a normal model and gives you food to feed her to a normal weight. They have articles and facts about the Barbie Doll and what the image she portrays really means under the category called "barbiology". They also sell online stickers to help promote their site. "Adios Barbie" offers resources and links to other supporters and show, so-called "outlaws" people who break the society norms for body image. This site provides an interactive look on this topic compared to an educational serious approach making it very suitable for young viewers. It is used by the website, "The Letecia Women's Issues Archive" which provides of number of sites for the topic of body image. There is also a "media diet" tab that shows you a number of articles that the media has advertised supporting stereotypical body types. The editors and creators of this site have each provided autobiographies about their struggles with body image and explanation as to why they started working with "Adios Barbie." "Adios Barbie" is a great site for young girls, adolescent girls, and women to learn more about the effects of the media on body image.
Reviewed by: Sarah O'Donald from Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class.
Title: My Sistahs
URL (Internet "address"): http://www.mysistahs.org/index.htm
Sponsor: My Sistahs works together with other sites, "Advocates For Youth," "Ambiente Joven," "The Media Project," and "Youth Resource."
Author/credentials: This is site is run by Advocates for Youth, a sister site, under a board of directors. Chair, Claire Brindis who has a doctorate in Public Health, Amanda Deaver as Vice Chair, Nancy Young Duncan as Treasuerer, and Densil R.R. Porteous II as Secretary. Peer Educators who are trained to educate also contribute to this site.
Date posted: Started in collaboration with Advocates for Youth in 1980. My Sistahs is updated monthly.
Description of Site: This site is meant to reach out to young women who are African American/Black, Latina/Hispanic, Asian American, and Native American. "My Sistahs" provides peer educators who share their feelings about this site and offer advice to other viewers who may be struggling with the same issues. Each month this site features a variety of topics to focus on, for example this month's focus is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. They also have a very helpful health section which provides a lot of good information with statistics and research on issues that women of all colors experience. Women of color may receive less advice geared toward their race on these topics because poor self image that leads to eating disorders is often seen as a white, middle or upper class issue. "My Sistahs" also provides a list of options to reach out to the community to help and opportunities to learn more about issues such as body image. This site is a sister site to 4 other sites which there are links provided to that also have helpful information. One of the best parts of this site is that they provide trained educators between the ages of 13-24 to help you if you need it. You can ask a peer support group member who is also a women of color about sexual and reproductive health problems.
Reviewed by: Sarah O'Donald from Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class.
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