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Showing posts with label African American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African American. Show all posts
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Sunday, March 20, 2011
JORDIN SPARKS TRANSFORMATION...
SHE LOOKS SPECTACULAR!!! CHECK HER BEFORE AND AFTER PICS...
JORDAN BEFORE...
JORDAN AFTER....
JORDAN BEFORE...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
AFRICAN BEY!!! BEYONCE TAKES MORE PHOTOS . . . WEARING TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN CLOTHING!!!
GOTTA LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!! I LOVE HER HUBBY TOO....THEY GOT FOLKS SPINNIN' LIKE WHAT'S NEXT!!!??? SAY IT LOUD....!!!!!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
African-American women less vulnerable to media-driven body dissatisfaction
WELL...IM A SKINNY BITCH SO....WHAT CAN I SAY....ALL BLACK WOMEN ARE NOT BRICK HOUSE VIXENS WITH 36-24-38 MEASUREMENTS....REVENGE OF THE BLACK SKINNY BITCHES!!! WE JUST AS BLACK AS THE NEXT CHIC...JUST THIN.....
XOXOXOXO
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s no secret that media images of the “ideal” body type can lead women to be critical of their own bodies and can even contribute to eating disorders. However, with the start of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week today, a University of Florida researcher points to a study showing that African-American women are less susceptible to media-driven body dissatisfaction. While previous studies have shown the negative influence of thinner-than-average models on body image, the UF study by exercise psychologist Heather Hausenblas shows that race can have a moderating effect.
“We’re bombarded with media images of what’s considered ideal. We wanted to measure the influence of race on how that makes women feel about their bodies,” said Hausenblas, who co-authored the research with doctoral student Ninoska DeBraganza. “We know that African-American women report less body dissatisfaction overall than Caucasian women, who are the most affected of all ethnicities. But to my knowledge, no study on media influence had ever taken the ethnicity of the models into account.”
In the study, published in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of Black Studies, Hausenblas showed two sets of photographs to 31 Caucasian and 30 African-American undergraduate students. Both sets of slides showed images of white female models from magazines and catalogs.
One set represented the slender “media ideal,” while the other models’ figures were more representative of average build. After viewing the “ideal” slides, white women reported more body dissatisfaction than they had felt before viewing them. After white women viewed the “average” models, however, they felt better about their bodies. African-American women, in contrast, reported no change in their body satisfaction after viewing either set of slides.
The study used Caucasian models to reflect the majority of images in magazines and catalogs. The resulting impact on the white women’s body dissatisfaction may suggest that they were more inclined to compare themselves to the models than the African-American women were, Hausenblas said. Kevin Thompson, a psychology professor at the University of South Florida, said the study poses some intriguing questions.
“This innovative investigation suggests that one reason that African-American women have lower rates of body dissatisfaction is that they don’t compare themselves to Caucasian models or use them as a reference point for determining how they feel about their appearance,” he said. “If comparisons with same-ethnicity models are provided, African-American women might be affected in the same manner as Caucasian women. Or, if they continue to be unaffected, then it would be even more fascinating, suggesting a general strategy among African-American women of resisting the negative influences of unrealistic images of attractiveness as perpetuated by the media.”
Hausenblas would also like to study images portrayed in music videos, movies and television shows.
“What’s important is to find out the driving force behind body dissatisfaction. We don’t want to take a cookie-cutter approach and assume that media images affect all races equally.” Body dissatisfaction is the leading precursor to eating disorders, and understanding the factors that drive it could help in targeting effective treatments, Hausenblas said.
“We’re hoping to make people more aware that media images can have a negative effect, and not just generalize about it,” she said. “If we don’t know the effects of ethnicity, interventions for body dissatisfaction might not work.”
XOXOXOXO
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s no secret that media images of the “ideal” body type can lead women to be critical of their own bodies and can even contribute to eating disorders. However, with the start of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week today, a University of Florida researcher points to a study showing that African-American women are less susceptible to media-driven body dissatisfaction. While previous studies have shown the negative influence of thinner-than-average models on body image, the UF study by exercise psychologist Heather Hausenblas shows that race can have a moderating effect.
“We’re bombarded with media images of what’s considered ideal. We wanted to measure the influence of race on how that makes women feel about their bodies,” said Hausenblas, who co-authored the research with doctoral student Ninoska DeBraganza. “We know that African-American women report less body dissatisfaction overall than Caucasian women, who are the most affected of all ethnicities. But to my knowledge, no study on media influence had ever taken the ethnicity of the models into account.”
In the study, published in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of Black Studies, Hausenblas showed two sets of photographs to 31 Caucasian and 30 African-American undergraduate students. Both sets of slides showed images of white female models from magazines and catalogs.
One set represented the slender “media ideal,” while the other models’ figures were more representative of average build. After viewing the “ideal” slides, white women reported more body dissatisfaction than they had felt before viewing them. After white women viewed the “average” models, however, they felt better about their bodies. African-American women, in contrast, reported no change in their body satisfaction after viewing either set of slides.
The study used Caucasian models to reflect the majority of images in magazines and catalogs. The resulting impact on the white women’s body dissatisfaction may suggest that they were more inclined to compare themselves to the models than the African-American women were, Hausenblas said. Kevin Thompson, a psychology professor at the University of South Florida, said the study poses some intriguing questions.
“This innovative investigation suggests that one reason that African-American women have lower rates of body dissatisfaction is that they don’t compare themselves to Caucasian models or use them as a reference point for determining how they feel about their appearance,” he said. “If comparisons with same-ethnicity models are provided, African-American women might be affected in the same manner as Caucasian women. Or, if they continue to be unaffected, then it would be even more fascinating, suggesting a general strategy among African-American women of resisting the negative influences of unrealistic images of attractiveness as perpetuated by the media.”
Hausenblas would also like to study images portrayed in music videos, movies and television shows.
“What’s important is to find out the driving force behind body dissatisfaction. We don’t want to take a cookie-cutter approach and assume that media images affect all races equally.” Body dissatisfaction is the leading precursor to eating disorders, and understanding the factors that drive it could help in targeting effective treatments, Hausenblas said.
“We’re hoping to make people more aware that media images can have a negative effect, and not just generalize about it,” she said. “If we don’t know the effects of ethnicity, interventions for body dissatisfaction might not work.”
Thursday, February 24, 2011
NATURAL BEAUTY!!! LEGENDARY GUITARIST CARLOS SANTANA MARRIED A BLACK WOMAN . . . SHE'S GOT NATURAL HAIR . . . AND BEAUTIFUL!!!
I CANT BELIEVE THIS WOMAN IS 52!!!!!!!!!!!!
DAYYUUM!!! FULL ON BRAWL BREAKS OUT ON THE CAMPUS OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE ALABAMA STATE . . . STUDENTS BEAT EACH OTHER WITH CHAIRS!!
this is soooooooooo freakin ridiculous and sad.....
HALLE BERRY'S HALF SISTER...THE BLACK ONE...SPEAKS OUT!!!
MediaTakeOut.com learned that Halle Berry's estranged half sister Renee is talking to British Tabloids. Here's what she told Britian's Daily Mail:
Renee is the daughter of 44-year-old Halle's late African-American father Jerome and Edwina Taylor - who broke up with him shortly before he started dating the actress' mother Judith Hawkins.
Although Jerome and Judith split up when Halle was just four years old, Renee remained 'very close' to the future Hollywood star while they were growing up - despite cutting herself off from her father after the divorce.
Renee told the Daily Mirror: 'I’m sad to say it seems like she does not want anything to do with us. I have not spoken to her in about five years.
I tried to contact her through her website, to congratulate her on her Oscar, but no one got back to me.
'We would love to meet Nahla. We are desperate to understand why Halle is so upset, why she feels she cannot be with us.'
In interviews over the years, Halle has alleged Jerome was a violent alcoholic who beat her mother Judith in front of her and sister Heidi.
In an interview two years ago, Halle said: 'I saw my mother battered, and could not do anything to stop it.
'My father was tyrannical, lashing out at her for no reason. I felt the effects that had on our family - I’ve experienced what these women have gone through.'
Renee claims Halle was angry with her when she made a public plea to visit Jerome when he was dying from Parkinson's Disease.
Despite Halle's negative memories of her childhood with Jerome, Renee paints a very different picture of their father as a 'good man'.
She said: 'My father never beat any of us. He would spank us from time to time, but he never abused us. He liked a drink or two, like anyone else does, but he was not an alcoholic.'
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
FIRST BLACK VALEDICTORIAN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME'S HISTORY!!!!!!!!
She's Notre Dame's first black valedictorian
(WBBM) -- History is being made at the University of Notre Dame this spring
In the 161 years the University of Notre Dame has been awarding degrees, never had there been an African-American as valedictorian. Until this year.
She’s Katie Washington of Gary, Indiana. She carries a 4.0 GPA majoring in biology and mentoring in Catholic social teaching.
According to the Northwest Indiana Times, Washington plans to continue her studies at Johns Hopkins University and follow in her father’s footsteps into medicine.
Washington says she’s humbled by the honor of being named valedictorian.
More information from Notre Dame University:
Katie Washington, a biological sciences major from Gary, Ind., has been named valedictorian of the 2010 University of Notre Dame graduating class and will present the valedictory address during Commencement exercises May 16 (Sunday) in Notre Dame stadium.
Washington, who earned a 4.0 grade point average, has a minor in Catholic Social Teaching. She has conducted research on lung cancer at the Cold Spring Harbor labs and performed genetic studies in the University’s Eck Institute for Global Health on the mosquito that carries dengue and yellow fever. She is the co-author of a research paper with David Severson, professor of biological sciences.
Washington directs the Voices of Faith Gospel Choir at Notre Dame, is a mentor/tutor for the Sister-to-Sister program at South Bend’s Washington High School and serves as the student coordinator of the Center for Social Concerns’ “Lives in the Balance: Youth Violence and Society Seminar.”
Upon graduation, Washington plans to pursue a joint M.D./Ph.D program at Johns Hopkins University.
(WBBM) -- History is being made at the University of Notre Dame this spring
In the 161 years the University of Notre Dame has been awarding degrees, never had there been an African-American as valedictorian. Until this year.
She’s Katie Washington of Gary, Indiana. She carries a 4.0 GPA majoring in biology and mentoring in Catholic social teaching.
According to the Northwest Indiana Times, Washington plans to continue her studies at Johns Hopkins University and follow in her father’s footsteps into medicine.
Washington says she’s humbled by the honor of being named valedictorian.
More information from Notre Dame University:
Katie Washington, a biological sciences major from Gary, Ind., has been named valedictorian of the 2010 University of Notre Dame graduating class and will present the valedictory address during Commencement exercises May 16 (Sunday) in Notre Dame stadium.
Washington, who earned a 4.0 grade point average, has a minor in Catholic Social Teaching. She has conducted research on lung cancer at the Cold Spring Harbor labs and performed genetic studies in the University’s Eck Institute for Global Health on the mosquito that carries dengue and yellow fever. She is the co-author of a research paper with David Severson, professor of biological sciences.
Washington directs the Voices of Faith Gospel Choir at Notre Dame, is a mentor/tutor for the Sister-to-Sister program at South Bend’s Washington High School and serves as the student coordinator of the Center for Social Concerns’ “Lives in the Balance: Youth Violence and Society Seminar.”
Upon graduation, Washington plans to pursue a joint M.D./Ph.D program at Johns Hopkins University.
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