Jennifer Berger's guest appearances

Jennifer Berger

OutsideVoices with Mark Bidwell

In Deep with Angie Coiro: Interviews

SHAMEBOOTH Podcast

Peggy Orenstein

Ron Paul

Al Gore

Roger McNamee

Tiffany Shlain

Sally Kohn

Shannon Watts

Eve Ensler

Robert Sapolsky

David Shields

George Lakey

BJ Miller

Randy Shaw

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Dave Johnson

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Do you remember the first time you thought there was something different about your body? Maybe it happened before you were even verbal. You noticed you were taller, or your fingers were longer, your hair was curlier. And, as a toddler, you were fascinated by this difference, certainly not having any judgment about it. And then, as a youth, even before you turned 10 years old, someone made a comment—a classmate, a parent, a friend— about your body, something that didn’t feel so great, and a pang of discomfort came, that soon to be familiar sense of shame about who you are and how you look. It was EARLY in life and it would set the foundation for many of those feelings to continue. But what if you were given the tools to nip that in the bud, to question, to understand, to feel proud. That’s what About-Face, a San Francisco based organization is doing and we spoke with the Executive Director, Jen Berger, about empowering kids to feel proud about themselves and their bodies, for the rest of their lives.

<p>Do you remember the first time you thought there was something different about your body? Maybe it happened before you were even verbal. You noticed you were taller, or your fingers were longer, your hair was curlier. And, as a toddler, you were fascinated by this difference, certainly not having any judgment about it. And then, as a youth, even before you turned 10 years old, someone made a comment—a classmate, a parent, a friend— about your body, something that didn’t feel so great, and a pang of discomfort came, that soon to be familiar sense of shame about who you are and how you look. It was EARLY in life and it would set the foundation for many of those feelings to continue. But what if you were given the tools to nip that in the bud, to question, to understand, to feel proud. That’s what About-Face, a San Francisco based organization is doing and we spoke with the Executive Director, Jen Berger, about empowering kids to feel proud about themselves and their bodies, for the rest of their lives.</p>

Nipping Shame in the Bud with Jennifer Berger

Show #196 | Guest: Jennifer Berger | Show Summary: Naomi Wolff’s The Beauty Myth made waves in 1990. Since then the push for realistic depictions of girls and women – and the work to help them disengage from media messaging – has been nonstop. How far have we come? About-Face in San Francisco has bolstered the knowledge and confidence of young women for over twenty years. Listen to Angie’s discussion with About-Face Executive Director Jennifer Berger, and learn the incisive, insightful workings of this critical campaign.

Jennifer Berger, Executive Director, About Face