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EDUCATIONAL TOOLS
Do I Look Fat? has been used as an educational tool in a variety of higher education settings while seeding discussion inside the gay community and the mental health community. It informs teachers, doctors, therapists, nutritionists, activists, facilitators, and loved ones diagnostically and emotionally. Perhaps most importantly, the film informs those of us struggling with body image and eating disorders of how we are not alone.Click here to Purchase the Film
SUGGESTED USES
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Co-Sponsored Screenings
Some of the most successful screenings have been those in which co-sponsorship from local resources was utilized. The benefits of pooling from different resources within a local area are many: it widens and diversifies publicity, increasing attendence; it allows those in need of resources to leave screenings with a sense of where to go for help; it brings local resources together to build community support in a holisitc manner.
The following is a partial list of types of organizations where the film has been used as an educational tool. Following this list are specific organizations that have used the film in an educational, therapeutic or community building capacity. In some cases, comments and contacts have been listed as a resource.
Types of Organizations
Gay Straight Alliances
Sexuality Classes
HIV/AIDS Prevention
Community Centers
Men's Groups
Body Image Workshops
Public Libraries
Wellness Centers
Nutrition Programming
Eating Disorders Treatment Centers
Eating Disorders Outreach
Eating Disorder Conferences
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Specific Organizations
Glide Health Services; Gay/Bi Men's Group
Contact: Marcel Miranda, HIV/AIDS Services Manager
Click HERE to learn how the film was used
Plymouth State University's Graduate Eating Disorders Institute;
Treatment Modalities Eating Disorders class
Contact: Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, LMHC,
Co-Author of Weight Wisdom and adjunct professor
Click HERE to learn how the film was used
The 15th Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Eating Disorder Conference;
Screening followed by one hour didactic with dir. Travis Mathews and
Doug Bunell PhD, recent president of The National Eating Disorders Association
Contact:Judi Goldstein, MSS, LSW, Conference Chair, VP Renfrew Center Foundation
Click HERE to read what clinical particiants had to say
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology;
planned for classroom use and Cultural Impact Conference
Contact:Meghan Roekle
Contact: Joseph C. Mifsud, Psy. S. LLP
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University of New Hampshire; Health Services;
Office of Health Education and Promotion
Using Movie Chapters
Because body image concerns and eating disordered behavior are born from a multitude of complex factors, I felt it was important to organize the film into chapters. The chapters help to delineate these factors, e.g., bullying or internalized homophobia, in an instructive manner that buttresses the film as a teaching tool. Thoughts are more easily organized and the material more digestible.
Because facilitators may not always have one hour to view the film (Do I Look Fat? is 56" long) and include discussion, the chapters allow you to hone in on individual segments as a way to deepen material and avoid potential time contraints.