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Blogging for self-esteem
Three students create blog where people can talk openly about issues of self-esteem
Regi Seitz
Issue date: 5/19/08 Section: News
One small project for a women studies class has turned into a giant leap for self-esteem bloggers everywhere.
Students Emily Wingard, Megan Lee and Heidi Loebach have created an online campaign, Sweat It Out: Self-Esteem Blog, in hopes of creating a positive and educational message toward self-esteem.
After taking a seminar on blogging use for academic purposes, Wingard, a first-year graduate student in women studies, spearheaded the idea of blogging about self-esteem.
Wingard, who refers to herself as an avid feminist, hopes the blog becomes an interesting and safe place for provocative thinking about women and their self-esteem.
"I have always said I have been a feminist since about age 10, although at the time I had no idea a word like that existed," Wingard said.
Loebach, a graduate student in exercise and sports science, is a newcomer to the world of feminism.
"Having met and talked with so many different women from varying backgrounds over the past few years, I have a newfound appreciation for diversity of experience and an understanding of others that can only come from a feminist perspective," Loebach said.
According to Loebach's blog, she came from a science background and always had feelings of inadequacy, but the environment in a feminist classroom has helped her develop a sense of self.
Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of design and human environment, housing studies, is just learning to welcome her strengths.
"This had been a long journey pursuing the Ph.D., and my self-esteem has been tested, pulled, pushed and I am still standing," Lee said.
The self-esteem campaign started as part of a graduate student project and developed into the idea of blogging about self-respect.
"We did research, only to find that most self-esteem online resources are related to the marketing and sales of products," Lee said. "We felt there was a need for a positive blog that discusses and challenges our notion of self-esteem in daily life."
Students Emily Wingard, Megan Lee and Heidi Loebach have created an online campaign, Sweat It Out: Self-Esteem Blog, in hopes of creating a positive and educational message toward self-esteem.
After taking a seminar on blogging use for academic purposes, Wingard, a first-year graduate student in women studies, spearheaded the idea of blogging about self-esteem.
Wingard, who refers to herself as an avid feminist, hopes the blog becomes an interesting and safe place for provocative thinking about women and their self-esteem.
"I have always said I have been a feminist since about age 10, although at the time I had no idea a word like that existed," Wingard said.
Loebach, a graduate student in exercise and sports science, is a newcomer to the world of feminism.
"Having met and talked with so many different women from varying backgrounds over the past few years, I have a newfound appreciation for diversity of experience and an understanding of others that can only come from a feminist perspective," Loebach said.
According to Loebach's blog, she came from a science background and always had feelings of inadequacy, but the environment in a feminist classroom has helped her develop a sense of self.
Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of design and human environment, housing studies, is just learning to welcome her strengths.
"This had been a long journey pursuing the Ph.D., and my self-esteem has been tested, pulled, pushed and I am still standing," Lee said.
The self-esteem campaign started as part of a graduate student project and developed into the idea of blogging about self-respect.
"We did research, only to find that most self-esteem online resources are related to the marketing and sales of products," Lee said. "We felt there was a need for a positive blog that discusses and challenges our notion of self-esteem in daily life."
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Terry@ building self esteem
posted 5/20/08 @ 2:19 AM PST
I so agree that most self esteem sites are targeted at selling something. I longed for a site that just gave information that could be used and provided real strategies for free. (Continued…)
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