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☆ Bodybuilder Rene Campbell wants to change the view of what women should look like
  + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Noura Abou Zeinab | For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes "completely against what society thinks a woman should look like." "I was constantly feeling under pressure through the media that women needed to look a certain way." "My bodybuilding journey made me realize that I needed to do things for myself," says Rene Campbell. Then, she attended a women's bodybuilding show and became intrigued by the way these seemingly confident women held themselves. I may look this way but, at the end of the day, I am a woman.
☆ Eating disorders: Olympic high jumper Priscilla Frederick-Loomis pressured to 'perform better' and lose a few pounds
  + stars: | 2020-10-06 | by ( Noura Abou Zeinab | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +12 min
And you’re adding on top of all that body shaming.”Loomis competes in the women's high jump final at the Pan American Games in August 2019 in Lima, Peru. Dr. Brooks is the vice president and chief clinical officer for the Renfrew Center, a US-based clinic specializing in eating disorders treatments. Over Brooks’ 30 year career, she has treated many patients who suffer from eating disorders and acted as the eating disorders specialist in the HBO film Thin. “We are really understanding more and more that eating disorders are not just a White, suburban women’s disease, and that, you know, for a long time the belief was that women of color, particularly Black women, were protected culturally from developing eating disorders,” said Dr. Brooks. Three years later she placed fifth in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
☆ Women sport stars' fight for body acceptance
  + stars: | 2020-06-10 | by ( Noura Abou Zeinab | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +14 min
She also wants to start a wider conversation about the issues surrounding women and body acceptance. Okoro says that Van Commenee then asked her about her weight. Which is fine for say tennis, in the 80s, where all women look the same. “They are women first, athletes second,” Dr. Emily Matheson, a research fellow at the Centre for Appearance Research, told CNN Sport. Okoro has also drawn inspiration from women athletes in rugby and football.
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