General Article New project to help young women deal with social media body image pressures

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Young women navigating the complex world of body image on social media are the focus of a new project launched this week.

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth and The Girls’ Network (Portsmouth) will work together with local young women to create a ‘toolkit’, to equip them with the skills and knowledge needed to cope with potentially harmful social media content.

As part of the project researchers will introduce girls to historic media content, including 19th and 20th century magazin...

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