ny panel for gallatin alumni

All Gallatin alumni are invited to attend...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Body Image in the Age of Perfection

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Casa Italiana, 24 West 12th St. (between 5th & 6th Aves.)

6pm - 8pm

NYU I.D. or valid photo I.D. required for admission.

Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women—and their body parts—sell everything from food to cars. Popular film and television actresses are becoming younger, taller, and thinner. Women’s magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they’ll have it all—the perfect marriage, loving children, fantastic intimacy, and a rewarding career.

Men have become more body-conscious. As advertisers become more shameless about objectifying the male physique, men are acquiring problems formerly associated with women: eating disorders, body obsessions, low physical self-esteem. One body-image study found that 45 percent of men were dissatisfied with their physiques.

PANELISTS INCLUDE:

Laura Ciolkowski, Gallatin Adjunct Professor. Laura teaches courses on the politics of the body, feminism and modern culture.

Courtney Martin, Gallatin alumna (MA ’04) and author of “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body.” Courtney is a journalist who has written on the topics of gender, politics, and Generation Y.

Anne S. McEneaney is a clinical psychologist at NYU Counseling and Behavioral Health Services; she has worked with people with eating and body image problems since 1984.

Stephen Dimmick, Makeup Artist. Stephen grew up in the air force, coal mining town of Ipswich in Queensland Australia. He says makeup was his defense against the ravages of narrow-mindedness.

Refreshments will be served.

NYU I.D. or valid photo I.D. required for admission.