Broken Body Beautiful...
summary
A specific experiment shows results: a 30‑day selfie challenge becomes a stretch to a second month and then one selfie a day for a year, using an iPhone, timers, Flickr and Instagram, a homemade selfie wall, and wardrobe finds from leggings and Etsy. Self-reports and published photos number in the thousands, self-esteem rises slowly month by month, collapses after a car accident and wheelchair adjustment, then rebuilds with a 28‑day prompt project — concrete methods and counts, not mere opinion.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Selfies and self-love journey
- 1:05Childhood and body shame
- 2:33First selfie challenge
- 4:43Facing body in self-portraits
- 6:10Year-long selfie project
- 7:54Wheelchair and self-esteem
- 8:57Reconnecting with selfies after injury
- 10:45Selfies and societal judgments
- 12:13Audience selfie challenge
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