• Empowering Links

    • The Women's Room
      The AnyBodies new favourite website - dedicated to women over 35 - normally ignored by the media this blog proves that women only get better with age. Showing that women 35+ do exist and are proud, beautiful and have wisdom to share.

  • Body Image Issues

    • The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute NYC
      The WTC aims to articulate a feminist voice and an understanding of gender in the evolving dialogue of contemporary psychoanalytic theory. The Institute runs programs for the public and professionals realting to issues of female body image problems.
    • Body Positive
      BodyPositive looks at ways we can feel good in the bodies we have. Remember, your body hears everything you think.
    • The Fight for our bodies
      Interactive Essay: The Fight For Our Bodies. Susie Orbach says the slimming industry is a con. Repeated diets are bad for the health and can actually make one fatter. Women should eat what they want, when they want, she explains to BBC News
    • Hugs International
      Programs and support for a lifestyle without diets
    • Jean Kilbourne
      An acclaimed lecturer and author, Dr. Kilbourne has produced educational films on gender, advertising and addiction including "Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women" and "Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obsession with Thinness."
    • The Shape of a Mother
      The post-pregnancy body is one of this society's greatest secrets. Mothers of all ages, shapes, sizes and nationalities can share images of their bodies so we can finally see what women really look like sans airbrushes and plastic surgery.
    • Love Your Body Day 2007
      Women and girls spend billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, fashion, magazines and diet aids. These industries can't use negative images to sell their products without our assistance. Fight Back! Love your body day 2007 is on October 17!
    • The Retouch Camapign
      Great interactive graphic showing what retouching does to a model - and how we should not compare ourself to magazine images!
    • Links page for Body image, inclusion and Social Justice Issues
    • AnyBody Action for Body Diversity at London Fashion Week 2007
      Listen to AnyBodies interviewed at the protest staged during London Fashion Week which refused to adopt steps to promote body diversity on the catwalk.

  • Body and Media Links

    Websites looking at modern media and positive and negative effects on women's bodies
    • About Face
      a san francisco-based non-profit group, about-face combats negative and distorted images of women in the media
    • The Eating Disorder Education Organization
      The Eating Disorder Education Organization of Edmonton encourages the development of positive self image and presents the Venus Awards for advertising that depicts body diversity, women engaged in physical activity and positive body image.
    • Glossed Over
      Snark and Commentary about fashion magazines, updated every weekday

  • Eating Disorders Information

    • Eating Disorders Association (EDA)
      Information and help on all aspects of eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related eating disorders.

  • Women's Organisations

    • Women's Environmental Network
      care about the environment. Campaigning on environment and health issues from a female perspective.
    • The Guerrilla Girls
      Sometimes, battling sexism in the normal way just won’t do. Sometimes, you must don a gorilla mask, adopt the name of a dead female artist and send estrogen pills to the White House

  • Media Literacy

    • Pink Stinks - media literacy for school children
      PinkStinks is a campaign aimed at parents and their daughters.Our campaign will: * Inspire, motivate and enthuse girls about the possibilities and opportunities open to them.# Provide an alternative to the culture of celebrity which is based on reality
    • Media Awareness Network
      MNet is a Canadian non-profit organization providing resources and support for everyone interested in media and information literacy for young people. Special emphasis on gender stereotyping, body image and beauty and working for change.
    • Just Think
      Teaches young people to lead healthy, responsible, independent lives in a culture highly impacted by media.
    • Mind on the Media - Shocking facts about women and girls body images
      Inspiring independent thinking and fostering critical analysis of media messages.
    • Media Education Foundation
      The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes video documentaries to encourage critical thinking around media ownership, commercial media content, the democratic access to information, representation of diversity and informed citizenship.

  • The Body We Wear

    • Knit to Fit
      My research is sited in knitwear, an area that is a minefield for larger sized women because it can cling and show their shape more than they wish. Find out more at Knit-to-fit and fill in the electronic survey so that you can have a voice.