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About-Face: Facts on the Media
Offers statistics about how images and messages in the mass media affect women's self-image and self-acceptance.

Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women Are Taboo
Article by Laura Fraser on why the media will not use images of overweight women. (July, 1997)

The Focus on Beauty
This site examines the depiction of female beauty in the media. The intent is to demonstrate how the media negatively impacts women's views of themselves, often leading to low self-esteem and other problems.

What Is Victoria's Secret
Parody site criticizing the idealized images of the female body in Victoria's Secret advertising.

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