An invitation: Real Women: The Body Image Debate

Jo Swinson MP and Lynne Featherstone MP Invite you to

 

Real Women: The Body Image Debate

8th March, 4 - 6pm

Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Houses of Parliament, Westminster

On International Women's Day 2010, leading academics, politicians and members of the media and fashion industries will debate the way forward to combat body image pressure on women and girls imposed by idealised images in the modern media.

Marc Quinn-Alison Lapper Pregnant

 

The meeting will include a panel discussion and Q&A with

 

Erin O' Connor

Fashion model and founder of All Walks Beyond the Catwalk campaign

www.allwalks.org

 

Susie Orbach

Author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and Bodies: Big Ideas and convenor of AnyBody campaign

www.any-body.org

 

Dr. Helga Dittmar

Author of Consumer culture, identity, and well-being: The search for the ‘good life’ and ‘body perfect’

 

Laurie Penny

Feminist blogger and journalist for The Guardian

 

 

To RSVP or for more information please contact Hannah Wright at wrighth@parliament.uk or 0207 219 8088

Comments

[the writer]

most of the people have a similar 'ideal body' image of a woman in the back of their mind. but i believe if a vast survey is conducted, the results will be astonishing that how much variation is there among the likings of people when it comes to the femal figure.