Body Image
These books about body image can be found at the Morse High School Library. For more books like these, search the library's online catalog. Use the following subject headings:
Aesthetics
Body image
The New David Espinoza
The New David Espinoza
Fred Aceves
Fred Aceves
Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Call Number: FIC ACEVES
Call Number: FIC ACEVES
Coping with Body Shaming
Coping with Body Shaming
Natalie Chomet
Natalie Chomet
Provides insight into the sources of body shaming, how to confront someone who body shames, and ways to cultivate a positive body image
Provides insight into the sources of body shaming, how to confront someone who body shames, and ways to cultivate a positive body image
Genre: Non-Fiction
Genre: Non-Fiction
Call Number: 306.4 CHO
Call Number: 306.4 CHO
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay
The best-selling author of Bad Feminist presents a searingly frank memoir of food, weight, self-image and learning how to feed one's hunger in healthy ways, drawing on the popular essays of her long-running Tumblr blog to illuminate the challenges of navigating the boundaries between self-comfort and self-care.
The best-selling author of Bad Feminist presents a searingly frank memoir of food, weight, self-image and learning how to feed one's hunger in healthy ways, drawing on the popular essays of her long-running Tumblr blog to illuminate the challenges of navigating the boundaries between self-comfort and self-care.
Genre: Memoir
Genre: Memoir
Call Number: 362.196 GAY
Call Number: 362.196 GAY
Dumplin'
Dumplin'
Julie Murphy
Julie Murphy
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than her size and weight and prepares to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than her size and weight and prepares to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Call Number: FIC MURPHY
Call Number: FIC MURPHY
Female Body Image and Self-Perception
Female Body Image and Self-Perception
Lena Koya
Lena Koya
Societal norms have placed large burdens on how women perceive themselves, and how they want others to perceive them. While individual women can focus on cultivating a healthy body image, it is important for young women to analyze how the media and others encourage unhealthy perceptions of what women's bodies are supposed to look like.
Societal norms have placed large burdens on how women perceive themselves, and how they want others to perceive them. While individual women can focus on cultivating a healthy body image, it is important for young women to analyze how the media and others encourage unhealthy perceptions of what women's bodies are supposed to look like.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Genre: Non-Fiction
Call Number: 306.4 KOY
Call Number: 306.4 KOY
The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce
The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce
Angie Manfredi, editor
Angie Manfredi, editor
A crossover anthology for teens and activists shares essays, prose, fashion tips and art to offer strategies for overcoming today’s narrow definitions of beauty and styling oneself in accordance with body positivity and acceptance of all sizes.
A crossover anthology for teens and activists shares essays, prose, fashion tips and art to offer strategies for overcoming today’s narrow definitions of beauty and styling oneself in accordance with body positivity and acceptance of all sizes.
Genre: Anthology
Genre: Anthology
Call Number: 306.4 MAN
Call Number: 306.4 MAN