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6.5 Critiquing Self-Improvement Projects with Alison Fixsen
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Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Soft skills programs for female staff in higher education.
- Gender, eating disorders, and orthorexia nervosa.
- The neoliberal project of constructing the perfect you.
Resources Discussed in this Episode:
- Alison at University of Westminster
- Self-care and entrepreneurism: An ethnography of soft skills development for higher education staff
- Orthorexia Nervosa: the Medicalization of Extreme Healthy Eating Practices
- Arachne, self-care and ‘power-nets’ on women’s self-development programmes
- Shades of communitas: a study of soft skills programs
- I’m Skinny, I’m Worth More: Fashion Models’ Experiences of Aesthetic Labor and Its Impact on Body Image and Eating Behaviors
- What are the key features of Orthorexia Nervosa and influences on its development? A qualitative investigation?
- Feeling Our Way: An ethnographic exploration of university staff experiences of ‘soft skills’ learning and development programmes
Music Credits: Magic by Six Umbrellas
Sound Engineer: Ernesto Valencia
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