Essays about: "body positivity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 essays containing the words body positivity.

  1. 11. “Paris Measurements” : The Inertia of the Thin Ideal on the Runways of Paris Fashion Week

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Sara Swahnström; Agnes Hultén; [2019]
    Keywords : Thin Ideal; Visual Representation; Idealization; Organizational Ecology; Inertia; Aesthetics; Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week;

    Abstract : Background - Welcome to the 2010’s and its visual information culture informing about the century-old ideal of thinness, by sending (almost) exclusively thin bodies down the runway of Paris Fashion Week (PFW). This, while at the same time the academia and mass media are repeatedly articulating the necessity of a more ethical aesthetic within the fashion industry, while the argument that “thinness sells” lack empirical support, while measures are taken around Europe to discourage media bias and encourage healthy bodies walking the, and while the body positivity movement – applauding the diversity of body types – is on the rise in the Western society. READ MORE

  3. 12. Fat talk in online discourse. A comparison of pro-anorexia and body positivity on social media

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Marieke van Tour; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study will compare two online communities; pro-anorexia and body positivity through a retrieval of posts tagged with the hashtags #thinspo (‘thin inspiration’) and #bopo (‘body positivity’) respectively. Two corpora of 120 posts per community were comprised and then processed in AntConc with the aid of a corpus linguistic approach. READ MORE

  4. 13. Cross-sectional study of Anaplasma spp. in goats and sheep in Mongolia : a comparison between species in relationship to pasture conditions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Malin Jansson Lagerkvist; [2017]
    Keywords : Anaplasma ovis; ovine and caprine anaplasmosis; Mongolia; sheep; goats;

    Abstract : Anaplasma ovis, the main aetiology behind of ovine and caprine anaplasmosis, is a vector-borne bacterium of the order Rickettsiales, capable of infecting erythrocytes of small ruminants. The infection is generally a subclinical or mild condition, but stress-factors as co-infections, vaccinations, or transports may aggravate the disease. READ MORE

  5. 14. Changing the narratives of marginalised bodies - a study about body positivism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Anni Emilia Alentola; [2017]
    Keywords : body positivism; beauty standards; feminism; social media; Instagram;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explain and analyse the body positivity movement in the social media platform Instagram, as well as its empowering effects on women active in this movement. The phenomenon based on visuality, body positivism, has more than three million pictures on Instagram, hashtagged under two popular hashtags examined in this thesis: #bodypositivity and #bodypositive. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Underdogs Strike Back : Usage of socialmedia platforms by female body activists to resist stigmatization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Cansu Elmadagli; [2016]
    Keywords : body activism; social media; disciplinary practices; stigma; online movements; resistance; body hair; body fat; female body activists; exposure;

    Abstract : This study explores what female body activists aim to achieve by initiating and carrying out their movements on social media platforms. It also explores how female body activists make use of social media in their favor to challenge normative ideals of femininity and resist stigmatization of female body fat and hair. READ MORE