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New publication in journal of Counseling Psychology: “Girl, I think my butt gettin’ big”: The importance of “thickness” in music videos for Dutch Black and White women’s body image.
Abstract U.S. commercial women rappers often promote a “thick hourglass” body ideal in their music. This qualitative study, guided by social comparison theory and self-discrepancy theory, explores how 10 Black and 10 White Dutch women rap fans, aged 18–25, compared their actual body image with this ideal and the emotional consequences that result. A hybrid […]
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