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The Diet Industry: Profiting from Anxiety
February 21, 2012, The New Left Project
Alex Doherty of The New Left Project speaks to Sharon and Susie Orbach, convenor of AnyBody/UK Endangered Bodies, about how the diet industry relies on our body anxieties to remain viable.
La moda es cuestión de talles (Fashion is a matter of sizes)
Jan 15, 2012, El Guardián
The weekly national magazine, The Guardian, features a two-page interview with Sharon about Any-Body Argentina's size law campaign and the inclusion of a third Argentine clothing brand, Yagmour, in the campaign. Download PDF here.
Size Discrimination in Buenos Aires
November 23, 2011, The Argentina Independent
The popular online newspaper addresses sizeism in Buenos Aires and how Any-Body Argentina is tackling the problem.
Best Body Confidence Sites
September, 2011, the UK's Channel 4
Channel 4 named Adios Barbie one of the best body confidence sites, alongside UK body image leaders such as All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, the Campaign for Body Confidence, and Body Gossip.
¿Qué me Pongo? (What do I put on?)
July 12, 2011, Página 12
Argentina's respected left national newspaper features Any-Body Argentina's size law sticker campaign in a three-page article. Download PDF here.
Ropa Para Todas las Siluetas (Clothes for all silhouettes)
July 9, 2011, Clarín
The highly popular Argentine national newspaper, Clarín, reports on Any-Body Argentina's size law sticker campaign launched July 1, 2011. Download Newspaper image here.
Para Todas (For All Women)
July 7, 2011, La Nación
La Nación, one of two mainstream national newspapers, features the launch of Any-Body Argentina's size law sticker campaign. Download Newspaper Article image here.
Fighting Against Body Insecurities
July, 2011 Complexd Magazine
The UK-based magazine features Sharon, alongside Natasha Devon from Body Gossip, as two "women who fight for other women."
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Extinción de la Especies: Preservando el Cuerpo Femenino (Extinction of the species: Preserving the female body)
May 2011, Belleza XL
Belleza XL, the first and only magazine catering to plus-size folks in Latin America, devotes a four-page article to the Endangered Species summit in Buenos Aires. Download PDF here.
Argentina Needs Your Help
March 15, 2011 The Illusionists Blog
Filmmaker Elena Rossini devotes a blog post to Sharon's presentation at London Endangered Species on March 3, 2011. The filmmaker expresses her shock and dismay at the facts presented about Argentina and its commitment to the beauty myth, and how the South American country compares to Rossini's home country of Italy.
Mujeres: ¿Una especie en riesgo de extinción?
(Women: A species in risk of extinction?)
March 12, 2011 Clarín newspaper
The Endangered Species campaign (Especies en riesgo de extinción in Argentina) was featured in the Argentine national newspaper, Clarín on Saturday, March 12, 2011. The article reports on the London Endangered Species summit on March 4, 2011 and provides information regarding the Buenos Aires summit on March 16, 2011. The full article is not available online, but you can read "Un cuerpo real" ("A real body") online, which is a box within the full-page spread that provides information about the Endangered Species founder Susie Orbach.
The Beauty Myth... and Madness
March 9, 2011 New Internationalist blog
The New Internationalist blog reports on the Endangered Species summit in London on March 4, 2011 and the author, Giedre Steikunaite, devotes much attention to the body image crisis in Argentina as relayed via Sharon's presentation. Read here.
¡Adiós, Barbie! (Bye, Barbie!)
January 2011, Belleza XL
The Venezuelan-based magazine, Belleza XL, highlights the website Adios, Barbie and its editors, Sharon Haywood, Pia Guerrero, and Ophira Edut. Download PDF here.
Is Kanye a Woman-Hating Monster?
January 13, 2011 Care2 Causes
Shortly after Sharon Haywood initiated a petition against the official release of Kanye West's Monster video, Care2 Causes interviewed Sharon about the reasons that motivated her to take action.
Photos
Endangered Species Buenos Aires
March 16, 2011
Endangered Species London
March 4, 2011
La Feria del Libro
April-May 2009
La Feria del Libro
April-May 2008
Video
She's Next: Take the No-Diet Pledge
May 4, 2011
She's Next: Come to Peace with your Body
December 30, 2010
Audio
March 9th, 2011: Interview with Radio Nacional Argentina
Sharon speaks with Fernando Farías and Mirian Túrkula about Endangered Species in Buenos Aires (Especies en riesgo de extinción) on March 16, 2011. She describes how girls and women in Argentina and abroad are suffering in their bodies and how the global summits of Endangered Species will attempt to attack this public health emergency.
March 10th, 2011: Buenos Aires Expat Podcast (BA Podcast)
The Endangered Species team in Buenos Aires, Sharon Haywood, Ashley Baldwin, and Cinthia Pacheco discuss body image in Buenos Aires and why the Endangered Species global campaign is necessary, especially in Argentina. BACast.com
Sharon presents on the topic of body image in Buenos Aires at Endangered Species in London. Introduction by AnyBody founder and convenor Susie Orbach. Listen to other presentations from the event, including Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat MP), Lynne Featherstone (Liberal Democrat MP), Pink Stinks, and All Walks Beyond the Catwalk here.
March 8, 2010: Interview with Radio Nacional Argentina
In honor of International Women's Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina I was invited to speak on the national radio station regarding the issue of healthy body image for women. Listen to the interview (15 minutes in length) here: Sharon Haywood on Healthy Body Image
May 5, 2009: Interview with Radio Nacional Argentina
During the International Book Fair (La Feria Internacional del Libro) in Buenos Aires my writing as an expat living in Argentina, along with two other expat writers, was highlighted in a radio interview on the English language program, Radiodifusion Argentina al Exterior/RAE. Listen Here.