Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

Nadia and Jade discuss the pressures mother's face to 'bounce back' to their pre-pregnancy body with body image experts: Dr Zali Yager, Dr Laura Hart, and Dr Ivanka Prichard.

Let us know what you think: https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

CAR participant pool:

https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iHjwXSeSVM70Pz

For more on Body Confident Mums: https://www.bodyconfidentmums.org

Join the Body Confident Mums’ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/mummamentalhealth/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

And we thought this was beautiful:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/honest-photo-series-postpartum-body-image-natalie-mccain_us_5613f358e4b0368a1a612953

Episode created and produced by Nadia Craddock.

What's the Handmaid's Tale got to do with body image? Do we have a moral duty to be beautiful? Nadia and Jade share a short talk by Dr Laura Hart and and hear from Philosophy Professor Heather Widdows.

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

For more on Professor Heather Widdows: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/philosophy/widdows-heather.aspx

https://twitter.com/ProfWiddows

For more on Dr Laura Hart:

https://twitter.com/Laura_M_Hart

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/psychology/staff/profile?uname=LHart

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/psychology/research/research-areas/clinical-and-health-psychology/embodied

To buy Heather’s Book ‘Perfect Me’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Me-Beauty-Ethical-Ideal/dp/0691160074/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1529412154&sr=8-3&keywords=perfect+me

Beauty Demands Blog: https://beautydemands.blogspot.com

Nadia and Jade talk to male body image expert Dr Scott Griffiths and body positive influencer Kelvin Davis about body image concerns in men - Are they different? Are they on the rise? What is bigorexia? And how can men feel better in their bodies?

For more on Scott:

http://unimelb.academia.edu/ScottGriffiths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs7nKcPsAXI

For more on Kelvin:

http://notoriouslydapper.com/

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

Episode written and produced by Nadia Craddock.

Reviewed by Professor Phillippa Diedrichs.

Acne is a common skin condition that can have a significant impact people’s body image and wellbeing. Nadia and Jade are joined by Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Dr Diane Berson, and CAR’s Professor Phillippa Diedrichs and Dr Heidi Williamson to learn more about the relationship between acne and how we feel about the way we look.

Links:

Dove Derma Series:

The acne Confidence Talks are here on WDS website: https://www.womensderm.org/confidencetalks

And here on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44b-UCz7RE&list=PLRU7IuML0qW0TIERo9U3CTgl1TLJ_7MvL

Cover image taken from the Confidence Talks video with permission.

Episode development led by Jade Parnell, with input from Heidi Williamson and Nadia Craddock.

Episode produced by Nadia Craddock.

What can we learn about resilience from those who live with a visible difference? Nadia and Jade talk to James Partridge OBE and CAR PhD candidate Matthew Ridley to find out more.

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

To register for Appearance Matters 8 conference: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/hls/research/appearanceresearch/events/appearancemattersconference.aspx

To register for Appearance Matters 8 mentoring breakfast:

https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Pr6a9P5w2hvXyl

Episode developed and produced by Nadia Craddock

It’s not just pictures that can affect how we feel about how we look, words can make a big impact on our body image too. Nadia and Jade discuss fat talk, fat talk research and give some useful tips to shut fat talk down.

Special thanks to Aminatou, Ann, and Gina from Call Your Girlfriend (Nadia's fav podcast) for letting us use your listener question clip on body shaming.

More from CYG: http://www.callyourgirlfriend.com

Episode written and produced by Nadia Craddock, Reviewed by Phillippa Diedrichs (Associate Professor at CAR).

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Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

In timely fashion for Valentine’s Day, Jade and Nadia talk to Sylvia Mac and Nick Sharratt on the topic of intimacy and appearance, with a special focus on the role of visible differences within romantic relationships.

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

To register for Appearance Matters 8: https://store.uwe.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences-events/appearance-matters-8

More on our guests, Sylvia Mac https://www.lovedisfigure.com/

Nick Sharratt’s study: https://tinyurl.com/CAR-Romantic-Survey

Episode developed by Jade Parnell & Nick Sharratt. Produced by Nadia Craddock

In the first episode of Appearance Matters: The Podcast! For 2018, Nadia and Jade discuss eating disorder prevention with Professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, pioneer of the iconic Project EAT risk factor studies, and writers, Laura Dennison and Eve Simmons, authors of the popular anti–clean-eating website for troubled eaters ‘Not Plant Based’.

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

To register for Appearance Matters 8:

More on our guests, Professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer https://directory.sph.umn.edu/bio/sph-a-z/dianne-neumark-sztainer

Laura & Eve: http://www.notplantbased.com

For eating disorder help and support contact B-EAT https://www.b-eat.co.uk

Or NEDA https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Or The Academy for Eating Disorders:

http://www.aedweb.org/

Or the Butterfly Foundation https://thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

Episode developed & produced by Nadia Craddock with research advice from Phillippa Diedrichs (Associate Professor at CAR)

Artwork by Kylie Mitchell @immaeatthat http://immaeatthat.com

Listen to our Appearance Matters: the Podcast Christmas Special 2017 on mentorship in academia - with members of the CAR team and Professor Nichola Rumsey - one of the most remarkable mentors we know.

For more on the Centre for Appearance Research: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

For early bird registration for our Appearance Matters 8 conference:http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/hls/research/appearanceresearch/events/appearancematters/registration.aspx

(full rate applicable from March 1st)

To register up for our conference mentorship breakfast: https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Pr6a9P5w2hvXyl

Episode developed and produced by Nadia Craddock

Nadia and Jade talk about exercise and body image with Tanya Joseph - architect of Sport England's 'This Girl Can' Campaign and body image & body functionality researcher, Assistant Professor Jessica Alleva.

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

Follow CAR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/car_UWE

For more on 'This Girl Can': https://www.sportengland.org/our-work/women/this-girl-can/

WATCH 'This Girl Can' Ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoXyIxqFRc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsP0W7-tEOc

Follow Tanya Joseph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanyajoseph

For more on Jessica Alleva: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/jessica.alleva

https://twitter.com/JessicaAlleva

Episode written & produced by Nadia Craddock, reviewed by Phillippa Diedrichs (Associate Professor at CAR)