About-Face is a media literacy organization focused on the impact mass media has on the physical, mental and emotional well being of women and girls. Through practical and activist methods we challenge our culture's overemphasis on physical appearance. By encouraging critical thinking about the media, and personal empowerment, About-Face works to engender positive body-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds. About-Face provides a place where all women count, from the tiniest amo

Every day millions of men and women engage in combat with themselves. They fight a constant war between the image they see in the mirror and the image they believe they need to obtain. We name their struggles: Anorexia, Bulimia, and COE. We may whisper as an emaciated girl walks past us on the street, or we may laugh as a larger size man or woman struggles to fit into the bus seat in front of us on the afternoon commute. We might even hear a person throwing up in the bathroom stall. But I wonder

Large collection of links to resources on body image and body acceptance.

Six part series on the little known, little publicized problem of poor male body image.

Firsthand account of turning around a negative self-image with tips on how to improve yours.

Growing up gay in a straight world can increase young men's vulnerability to body image problems. The search by gay men for identity and acceptance has become overly focused on having a lean muscular body. The issues are complex. A lean muscular body may help a young gay male feel safer in a homophobic society, as it counters the negative feminine stereotype. Problems surface when excessive exercise and other extreme measures are used to achieve and maintain this look.