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We hope that we have found you a good range of sites, resources and reading, but we cannot guarantee the accuracy of every piece of information on every external site we link to! 
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Organisations / groups

About-Face 
(USA) promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women using media education and activism. 
www.about-face.org

New Moon Girls 
An online community and magazine aimed at young women, to support building self-esteem and positive body image. 
www.newmoon.com

Completely Gorgeous 
Information about size, shape and self-esteem along with interactive activities to help young people make friends with their body. 
www.completelygorgeous.com.au

Links and blogs

Padded Bikinis for Tweens
An article by Crystal Smith from here blog:  Gender stereo typing in clothes.  
Link to article

Boys’ Clothing Part 1: 
Valuing Toughness & Aggression.
An article by Crystal Smith from here blog.  Gender stereo typing in clothes.
Link to article

Videos

Miss Representation
A documentary film aimed at raising awareness of how narrow ideas about women and their value are played out through the mainstream media.
missrepresentation.org

Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence. 
Excellent 35-minute Canadian documentary analyisng the hyper-sexualisation of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. 
Link: SEXY INC

Pleasure Vs. Profit 
10 minute film aimed at parents and workers, which features professionals and young people in Scotland, talking about sexualisation and sexual exploitation in Scotland.  Link: Pleasure Vs. Profit 

Books, PDFs and downloads

Sexualisation Review 2010 
A review, by Dr. Linda Papadopoulos, undertaken on behalf of  the UK Government, looking at the issues around sexualisation, and its impact on children and young people.
Link to PDF

Letting Children Be Children: 
The Report of an Independent Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood, published on 6 June 2011, calling on businesses and broadcasters to play their part and protect children from the increasingly sexualised ‘wallpaper’ that surrounds them. 
Link to report
Link to Update of the report

The American Psychology Association 
Task Force on the Sexualisation of Girls, conducted this review of the impact of sexualisaton on children and young people.
Link to article

Corporate Paedophilia 
& “Letting Children Be Children” 
Two articles, by Dr Emma Rush and A. La Nauze, looking at the impact of commercialisation on children and young people.
Link to pdf: Letting Children be Children
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