Well, a sex education video - that was pretty detailed with anatomical models. 'It's needed, and I think it's going to create a new generation of girls who are like, 'I'm all right with my body, and I'm going to be able to go to the doctor and say this is what's wrong with me,'' Lonai Noble said.I just sat down and watched a sex video with my 13-year-old. The no-airbrushing-allowed stance 'Body Drama' takes was refreshing for the panelists. These women - like Beyonce, Tyra Banks, Jennifer Love Hewitt - are not stick skinny but still appear confident and beautiful. According to a study by the American Psychological Association, girls who feel bad about their bodies are at an increased risk for a host of health problems, including eating disorders, smoking and poor sexual health.įurthermore, the list of celebrities the panelists said they admire is encouraging. The more young girls know about their bodies (and love their bodies), the healthier they're likely to be. I took off my towel, and he was like, 'Oh, you got a lot of hair on your stomach.'' 'And then one day, I was going to the pool and my ex-boyfriend was there. I wasn't always changing in a corner and stuff like that, but it was always so in the back of my head, 'What are they going to think about what's on my stomach?'' 'In sophomore year of high school … obviously when you change in front of a bunch of girls, they're gonna look at you. 'I have some discoloration on my stomach,' Jackie Lemieux, 18, said. 'Body Drama' features real girls with real bodies who could clearly relate to the panelists' anxiety about being judged by their peers.Īnxiety is something the young women know firsthand. Virtually no topic is off limits as it delves into intimate issues that have typically been sources of shame for young women - unseemly digestive problems, body odor, infected tattoos and regions 'down there.'Īnd forget demure diagrams. The girls said they liked the book, particularly its graphic detail. Their desired body alterations ranged from a smaller butt to a bigger chest to clearer skin. 'Good Morning America' invited a panel of six teenage girls, including O'Brien and Perez, to discuss the book and what it's like to be a young woman in a seemingly size 2 society.Įach girl was quick to name the part of her body she'd like to change. I talk about the dregs of body drama we deal with.' 'I wanted to provide a resource for young women to have un-airbrushed, real bodies of cellulite and scars and tummy rolls,' Redd said.

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