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A mother, a daughter, a dress

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A forty-year-old writer and professor discuss her relationship with her mother. She reflects on how, inspite of having very different tastes they learn to appreciate one another's choice as revealed by her mother's appreciation for her wedding dress.

Author: Schulman, Helen
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2004
United States, Appreciation, Mothers and daughters, Mother-daughter relations, Mothers

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They want your mind...

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Many personal growth and self help groups are actually upscale cults. The groups use pressure, deception and mind control techniques to manipulate and control success-oriented, managerial class people for profit.

Author: Mathison, Dirk
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 1993
Analysis, Cults, Self help groups, Self-help movement

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I want my daughter to love her body

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A recovered anorexic woman wants her daughter to have a healthy attitude towards food. She does not mention the word 'diet' or 'fat' and lets her daughter eat if she is hungry.

Author: Hanauer, Cathi
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 2000
Personal narratives, Prevention, Anorexia nervosa, Nutrition disorders

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