Volunteers Wanted for a Research Study
The Contradictions of Female Body Ideals (Body Image Workshops for Marginalized Communities)
The goal of this project is to explore the historic effect beauty standards have had on Black and Latinx women in America. This body image workshop is intended to not only promote a discussion about the current beauty standards in western culture, but also to question why these standards gave rise in the first place. In addition, this workshop encourages participants to question the influence that “whiteness” currently and historically has had on the formation of beauty standards in communities of color. The body image workshop is two hours in length and the research that will be conducted during the workshop primarily encompasses volunteers’ participation and responses.
Full information about this study is available HERE.
For more information, contact: Chineze Osakwe at chineze.osakwe@uconn.edu