Body Identity Issues
Becky,
20, in a bikini contest
during spring break, Panama
City, Florida.
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The body has become the primary canvas on which girls express their identities, insecurities, ambitions, and struggles. I have documented this phenomenon and at the same time explored how this canvas is marked by the values and semiotics of the surrounding culture. |
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Our current cultural environment is especially toxic for adolescent girls because of the anxieties it generates about the developing female body and sexuality. |