Shaping the online fat acceptance movement: talking about body image and beauty standards

Over the past decade, in Canada and the United States, blogs have become a popular and important space for fat women and their allies to create and further develop discursive strategies to contest the gendered anti-fat discourses perpetuated by the media, governments and the field of medicine and institutions of public health (e.g., Elliot, C. (2007). Journal of Canadian Studies, 41, 134–149. Gimlin, D. (2002). Body work: Beauty and self-image in American culture. Berkeley: University of California Press; Herdon, A. M. (2006). Social Semiotics, 15, 127–141. Rice, C. (2007). Women's Studies International Forum, 30, 158–174. Currently, popular discourses pertaining to fat people, particularly women, tend to range from larger bodies implicating a ‘moral deficit’ to a ‘risky behaviour’ to ‘political discrimination’ where elements from each discourse shape how fat women's bodies are read within the broader culture (Fikkan, J. L., & Rothblum, E. D. (2011). Sex Roles, 66, 575–592. Kwan, S. (2009). Sociological Inquiry, 79, 25–50. These messages in positioning the thin body as the ideal body are embedded in neoliberal discourses around citizenship that, in emphasizing personal responsibility, encourage (sometimes) punishing regimens of strict diets and exercise, and perpetuate an image of responsible citizenship as an extension of modern interpretations (Herdon, 2006). Using content and thematic analysis, we systematically analyze how four female self-identified fat acceptance (FA) bloggers discuss beauty standards and body image as a means to challenge these discourses. Findings suggest bloggers import elements from LBGTQ movements to extend dominant discursive strategies, model alternative forms of fat embodiment, and address the economic marginalization of fat women in industry. Moreover, through discussions on beauty and body image, bloggers use online spaces to contest anti-fat discourses and to develop discursive strategies that move beyond the binary of fat as a lifestyle choice, and body size as biologically or genetically determined that dominate the fat acceptance movement.     

工人群体的媒介形象与话语表达——基于《人民日报》和《华西都市报》工人报道的内容分析

工人阶级是当前中国最大的社会群体,改革开放以来中国工人对社会、经济建设作出了巨大的贡献,但学界一直缺乏对媒介工人报道进行系统的研究.工人议题新闻报道的变迁可以为宏观社会研究或社会变迁研究提供一个微观的语言学视角,中共中央机关报《人民日报》和建国后中国第一份市场化报纸《华西都市报》改革开放以来关于工人的报道,报道量偏小,与工人群体现状有很大差距,工人议题报道在新闻源、工人媒介形象、工人媒介话语上表达具有固定的框架和模式,工人议题报道新闻源主要来自官方,工人议题报道中工人群体的话语表达比较缺乏且多正面,虽然各时期工人报道重点与工人群体状况变迁基本吻合,但是工人媒介形象和话语表达的固定框架影响工人舆情渠遘的畅通和媒介接近权.     

电子商务立法刍议

我国的电子商务立法 ,可先采用条例形式 ,在今后实践中再充实完善。电子商务法应设置总则 ;未满十周岁的儿童不能成为电子商务的主体 ,所产生的法律后果由监护人承担 ;认证机构应具有电子商务的主体资格。对签署、证据、成立等行为应作出效力规定 ;各级工商行政管理局是电子商务的行政管理机关 ,各级邮电管理局也应成为管理机关。当事人在交易中违反民事法律 (规 )、合同约定的 ,均应承担民事责任。     

多路数码管显示仿真系统懿设计与实现

文章介绍了基于单点单路I／O仿真系统的多路数码显示仿真实现的分析与设计。     

基于中阿经贸论坛视角下的宁夏形象塑造战略研究

实现宁夏跨越发展不仅需要调整经济结构,转变经济发展方式,创新体制机制,还需充分借助良好的区域形象这一无形资产通过阐释中阿经贸论坛背景下宁夏区域形象塑造的必要性,全面分析目前宁夏区域形象现状,从加强对外宣传、发展优势产业、加强文化交流、拓展旅游市场、注重研究设计等五个方面塑造宁夏新形象的战略理路。     

后苏联时期俄罗斯的国民心态

俄罗斯的复兴不仅体现在政治、经济、文化上的成就,还在于国民心态的进步.开放的、国际化的、健康的国民心态,有利于俄罗斯更好地成为一个真正的世界大国.俄罗斯现代化战略的基本原则之一就是国民心态的现代化.俄罗斯的国民心态必须要拥有广泛而深厚的历史和现实基础,具有鲜明的科学性、民族性、时代性、开放性.这样的国民心态才能更好地应对现代化的基本要求.     

关于政府在互连网上形象的思考

政府在互连网上的形象关系到政府在公众心目中的地位。树立良好的政府网上形象的重要意义、现存问题及相应的完善措施应予以充分重视     

计算机数字证据的检验、鉴定程序和方法研究

在计算机空前发达的现代社会 ,数字证据的出现给我们提出了新的研究课题。开展计算机数字证据的检验 ,鉴定程序和方法的研究有其必要 ,进而建立一套规范的检验 ,鉴定程序和方法 ,以提高公安机关打击计算机犯罪的功效。     

Adolescent Boys and Body Image: Weight and Muscularity Concerns as Dual Pathways to Body Dissatisfaction

This research evaluated a dual pathway model for body dissatisfaction among adolescent boys. The study provides empirical support for the importance of distinguishing between weight and muscularity concerns in understanding male body image. A total of 128 boys from grades 8 and 11 completed a self-report questionnaire. Results indicated that weight and muscularity concerns each made unique contributions to body dissatisfaction and were associated with distinct individual and peer context characteristics. Weight concern was associated with elevated BMI and more frequent appearance conversations with friends. Muscularity concern was significantly greater among boys who reported more frequent muscle-building conversations, had lower BMI, and were older. The results support the importance of distinguishing between and assessing both muscularity and weight concerns in the development of body image dissatisfaction among adolescent boys.     

改革开放三十年中国国家形象的变迁

自1978年改革开放至今,中国的国家形象发生了深刻的变化,总体表现为由渐进地融入国际体系发展为承担更多的国际责任,由"和平发展"战略的确立深化为"和谐世界"理念的提出,以传统的发展观演进为全面协调可持续的科学发展现.