scholarly journals Ciało w Sieci – (cyber)świat osób z zaburzeniami odżywiania w kontekście dyskursu somatycznego

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 145-170
Author(s):  
Magdalena Graf
Keyword(s):  
Body Acceptance

Przedmiotem omówienia jest językowy obraz ciała u osób z zaburzeniami odżywiania, które komunikują się za pośrednictwem internetu. Analiza dotyczy języka i stylu blogów i mikroblogów prowadzonych w latach 2012–2020 przez osoby (najczęściej młode kobiety) utożsamiające się z ruchem pro-Ana i pro-Mia. Wskazano najistotniejsze przemiany zachodzące w tej cyberwspólnocie, m.in. przechodzenie od somatycznego wykluczenia, poprzez neutralizację ciała (body neutrality), po jego akceptację (body acceptance). Szczupłość, nawet nadmierna, jest dziś w tym kontekście często interpretowana nie jako zaburzenie (choroba), ale jako synonim zdrowego, odpowiedzialnego stylu życia. Celem analiz, oprócz uaktualnienia ustaleń językoznawców oraz badaczy reprezentujących inne dyscypliny (zwłaszcza psychologów i socjologów piszących o zaburzeniach odżywiania) są odtworzenie relacji między medialnym (konstruowanym) i odczuwanym (będącym efektem praktyk samowykluczających) obrazem ciała oraz obserwacja mechanizmów językowych, które budują i pozwalają utrzymać poczucie wspólnoty osób ze spektrum ED. Autorka, omawiająca podejmowane zagadnienia, łączy podejście językoznawcze z ustaleniami z zakresu kulturoznawstwa i socjologii, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem badań z zakresu socjologii ciała. Przedmiotem obserwacji są leksykalne i onimiczne konteksty, w których uwidacznia się stosunek osób z zaburzeniami odżywiania do ciała, zwłaszcza w aspekcie jego fragmentaryzacji i przekształcania. Te ustalenia wpisują się w szerszy kontekst związany z przenikaniem się (sprzecznych) dyskursów: dyskursu diety oraz tzw. ciałopozytywności (anty-body shaming), czyli zaakceptowania swojego naturalnego ciała.

scholarly journals #BodyProudMums: Promoting Body Positivity through Brand Storytelling on Social Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-341
Author(s):  
Ruvira Arindita
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Appreciation ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Body Acceptance

Previous researches showed that there is relation between body image satisfaction and depression in perinatal period. Given this fact, it is important to educate and find ways to enhance mothers’ postpartum self-esteem and body satisfaction. For the last decade body image literature has risen and brought to new discussion about body positivity. This research focuses on women’s body positivity campaign presented by Mothercare called #BodyProudMums. The objective of this research is to identify the storytelling elements used to promote women’s body positivity campaign and whether the issue creates good brand story for Mothercare. The concepts used are body positivity, postpartum, brand storytelling, and social media with qualitative content analysis as research method. The unit of analysis are ten posts of #BodyProudMums campaign on @mothercareuk, while the samples are three randomly chosen posts. This research notes that the body positivity messages of body appreciation, body acceptance, and love, as well as broad conceptualization of beauty are carried out by the elements of storytelling namely: basic plots (the quest), archetype (the change master) with the following story objectives: communicating who they are, fostering collaboration, transmitting values and sparking action. There are only three out of four elements of good brand story present on the campaign. However, the absence of humor element is justified because of the nature of the postpartum story in which it shares mothers’ hardship and how they finally cope with it. Therefore, it can be said that the issue of mothers’ body positivity creates good brand story for Mothercare. Key words: positive body image, postpartum, brand storytelling, social media

‘I want to delete this tweet so much, but…’: Jameela Jamil as a celebrity feminist educator

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Kannen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Feminist Activism ◽  
Shame Culture ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Queer Representation ◽  
Feminist Education ◽  
Education And Social Change

The ideas of outspoken feminist celebrities are met with scepticism. This scepticism is rooted in the idea that, while celebrities have a platform for expression, they are not academics and their role in education should therefore be limited. This article explores the role of Jameela Jamil, a British, queer actor, and analyses her use of Instagram and Twitter as platforms for education and social change. I argue that she uses social media to teach and learn from her followers regarding body acceptance, racial and sexual inclusivity and queer representation. This work also explores the realities of clapbacks, cancel culture, mistake-making, shame culture and affective solidarity via her use of language, such as through the vulnerable phrase ‘I want to delete this tweet so much, but…’. In positioning Jamil as more than simply a celebrity feminist, and beyond what is considered a normative public intellectual, I assert that she embodies the role of a celebrity feminist educator. This role is unique as it creates space for Jamil’s online feminist activism, her accessible use of language and her desire to teach and learn from her followers to be made meaningful within the context of feminist education and celebrity studies.

Acceptance, Activism, and Freedom from Bullying

2019 ◽  
pp. 244-254
Author(s):  
Ann Frisén ◽  
Kristina Holmqvist Gattario ◽  
Sofia Berne
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Positive Body Image ◽  
Body Acceptance

The Internet and especially social networking sites provide potent contexts for the formation of individuals’ views of their bodies and appearance. So far, however, research has almost exclusively focused on the negative aspects of these experiences. This chapter proposes that the online context can also be an influential context for positive body-related experiences. In order to make the online context a more positive arena, appearance-related cyberbullying needs to be stopped. Therefore, this chapter starts with a review of appearance-related cyberbullying and elaborates on what can be done about this growing problem. The second part concerns the positive aspects of body image–defining experiences online, such as body acceptance and body activism movements, which may promote positive body image and embodiment. How the online context may constitute an arena for exploration of alternative ideals, resistant communications, and body activism is discussed.

Intuitive Eating

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Elyse Resch ◽  
Tracy L. Tylka
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Intuitive Eating ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Supportive Environments ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Internal Body

Intuitive eating involves being connected to, trusting in, and responding to the body’s internal hunger and satiety cues. This chapter first details the 10 principles of intuitive eating. Next, the chapter reviews the original and revised Intuitive Eating Scale (the IES and IES-2, respectively), which have been shown to yield reliable and valid scores in samples across different cultures. The chapter then discusses research and interventions on intuitive eating, revealing that it is an adaptive way of eating and living. The chapter ends with seven insights gleaned from intuitive eating research that can be used to situate and guide future investigations. Specifically, intuitive eating is grounded in body acceptance, is dependent on trust in internal body cues, is sabotaged for some individuals, is nurtured in autonomy-supportive environments, is intricately connected to self-compassion, can be taught (even among those with eating disorders), and is not positively associated with overeating.

scholarly journals Blossoming for Whom? Social Approval and Body Image

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenting Mu ◽  
Fan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Avoidance Behaviors ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Internalization Process ◽  
Body Image Disturbances ◽  
Upward Social Comparison ◽  
Standards Of Beauty

Body image is a multidimensional construct that reflects the way we perceive and feel about our physical appearance. This inside view of our body heavily influences our self-esteem, mental health, and overall well-being. Under the influence of mass media, peers and family, individuals, especially women, may feel pressured to conform to the societal standards of beauty, engage in upward social comparison, and consequently experience negative body image. While our sociocultural surroundings plays a role in the internalization process, other intrapersonal factors, such as appearance-based rejection sensitivity and lack of self-concept clarity, may heighten the risk for some individuals. Body image disturbances can be manifested in forms of avoidance behaviors, monitoring, eating restraints, and body modification. In order to promote body acceptance, we ought to gain insights into the formation of our body image and challenge the commonly held belief on who defines beauty.

Body acceptance and culture: a study in northern and southern Italy

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Maria Ruggiero ◽  
Wolfgang Hann�ver ◽  
Mario Mantero ◽  
Raffaele Papa
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Body Acceptance

Body Image

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Appreciation ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Disability Severity ◽  
Poor Body Image

It has often been wrongly assumed that people with disabilities have poor body image. The purpose of this chapter is to review the body image research involving individuals with impairments and investigating if they are dissatisfied with their appearance. People with disabilities such as cerebral palsy, blindness, and amputations are all very different, and their impairments are likely to differ in many other respects that can play a role in body image self-perceptions. The lack of unanimity across the research reviewed here suggests that disability type, disability severity, visibility, duration, congenital versus acquired factors, age, gender, ethnicity, social support, and self-efficacy are all important considerations that can moderate and mediate the link between disability and body image. Researchers are urged to use theory to guide their research and to consider nontraditional approaches to the study of body image. For instance, researchers studying positive body image understand that this does not comprise simply the absence of negative body image cognitions and have examined the role of body appreciation and body acceptance.

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