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By Cherry Woodburn on July 22, 2010
Johnnie Weissmuller’s voice remains the most powerful version of Tarzan’s call I’ve ever heard. When I listen to it I inevitably want to beat my chest and let loose with a yell of my own. Well, that’s what Raven Goodwin’s character, Becca, did on the July 12th episode of ABC Family’s HUGE entitled “Live Action [...]
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Posted in Women's Issues | Tagged ABC Family, body image, finding your voice, Gender, girls, HUGE, Johnnie Weissmuller, Nikki Blonsky, Rachel Simmons, Raven Goodwin, Tarzan, The Curse of the Good Girl, weight loss, weight loss camp, Willamena Rader, women |
By Cherry Woodburn on July 22, 2010
Johnnie Weissmuller’s voice remains the most powerful version of Tarzan’s call I’ve ever heard. When I listen to it I inevitably want to beat my chest and let loose with a yell of my own. Well, that’s what Raven Goodwin’s character, Becca, did on the July 12th episode of ABC Family’s HUGE entitled “Live Action [...]
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Posted in Women's Issues | Tagged ABC Family, body image, finding your voice, Gender, girls, HUGE, Johnnie Weissmuller, Nikki Blonsky, Rachel Simmons, Raven Goodwin, Tarzan, The Curse of the Good Girl, weight loss, weight loss camp, Willamena Rader, women |
By Cherry Woodburn on June 21, 2010
Kai Hibbard is a military wife who apparently dropped 118 pounds in just 12 weeks on season three of “The Big Loser.” Four years later, Kai is again on TV, this time in an interview on The Early Show on CBS. She’s regained 70 pounds and wants to tell “the truth”. “I left with a [...]
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Posted in Women's Issues, Women's Stories Series | Tagged body image, CBS, dehydrate for weight loss, eating disorders, Kai Hibbard, The Big Loser, The Early Show, weight loss |
By Cherry Woodburn on May 13, 2010
For most of her life, 44-year-old Angela Lackey, a writer from Michigan, didn’t worry about her weight. She had a normal body image and, at 125 pounds, was healthy and fit. But after a thyroid illness led to a sudden weight loss, Lackey said friends began to notice her thinning figure. “Many people complimented me [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100 Questions and Answers About Anorexia Nervosa, adult eating disorders, Angela Lackey, anorexia, Dr. Sari Shepphird, eating disorders, thyroid illness, weight loss |
By Cherry Woodburn on May 13, 2010
For most of her life, 44-year-old Angela Lackey, a writer from Michigan, didn’t worry about her weight. She had a normal body image and, at 125 pounds, was healthy and fit. But after a thyroid illness led to a sudden weight loss, Lackey said friends began to notice her thinning figure. “Many people complimented me [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 100 Questions and Answers About Anorexia Nervosa, adult eating disorders, Angela Lackey, anorexia, Dr. Sari Shepphird, eating disorders, thyroid illness, weight loss |
By Cherry Woodburn on May 3, 2010
Jillian Jayde was 14 yrs. old when she saw one of the ubiquitous lose weight miracle plans on TV. It was an appealing no-need-to-change-your-eating-habits gimmick: simply wrap your torso in saran wrap and sweat off pounds. She decided to try it as it held the potential of improving her “pudgy” body. Jillian couldn’t find saran [...]
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Posted in Women's Stories Series | Tagged anorexia, BFF, body image, Cherry Woodburn, ear piercing, girlfriends, Jillian Jayde, junior high school, Piercing Pagoda, teenagers, weight loss |
By Cherry Woodburn on May 3, 2010
Jillian Jayde was 14 yrs. old when she saw one of the ubiquitous lose weight miracle plans on TV. It was an appealing no-need-to-change-your-eating-habits gimmick: simply wrap your torso in saran wrap and sweat off pounds. She decided to try it as it held the potential of improving her “pudgy” body. Jillian couldn’t find saran [...]
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Posted in Women's Stories Series | Tagged anorexia, BFF, body image, Cherry Woodburn, ear piercing, girlfriends, Jillian Jayde, junior high school, Piercing Pagoda, teenagers, weight loss |