Body Prism

Brand, B. (2023). Body prism: An exploration of aesthetic embodied ageing [In preparation, doctoral dissertation]. University of Kent.

Jablonski N. (2021). The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variablesPigment Cell Melanoma Research.

Jablonski, N. (2020). Skin color and race. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Jablonski, N. (2017). The anthropology of skin colors: An examination of the evolution of skin pigmentation and the concepts of race and skin of color. In N. Vashi & H. Maibach (Eds.). Dermatoanthropology of ethnic skin and hair, (pp. 1-11).

Jablonski, N. and Chaplin, G. (2017). The colours of humanity: the evolution of pigmentation in the human lineage. Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

White logic, white methods

Handley, G., Kubota, J. T., & Cloutier, J. (2023). Reading the mind in the eyes of Black and White people: Interracial contact and perceived race affects brain activity when inferring mental states. NeuroImage269, 119910.

Jovchelovitch, S. (2019). Knowledge in context: Representations, community and culture. Routledge.

Jovchelovitch, S. (2001). Social representations, public life and social construction.

Moscovici, S. (2001). Social representations: Explorations in social psychology. Polity Press.

Zuberi, T., & Bonilla-Silva, E. (Eds.). (2008). White logic, white methods: Racism and methodology. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Our body is aesthetic & functional…

Don’t Shock Me: Madalyn’s law USA/NJ petition.

Lauren Wasser – Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning). Diary of a CEO: Steven Bartlett (youtube).

Toxic shock syndrome – National Health Service (NHS).

Probiotic combo stops bacteria that cause toxic shock syndrome. Science Daily.

Schlievert, P. M., Gaitán, A. V., Kilgore, S. H., Roe, A. L., Maukonen, J., Lehtoranta, L., … & Marsman, D. S. (2023). Inhibition of Toxic Shock Syndrome-Associated Staphylococcus aureus by Probiotic LactobacilliMicrobiology Spectrum, e01735-23.

Sexuality + physical attractiveness…

Avalos, L., Tylka, T. L., & Wood-Barcalow, N. (2005). The body appreciation scale: Development and psychometric evaluationBody image2(3), 285-297.

Cash, T. F. (2012). Encyclopedia of body image and human appearance. Academic Press..

Grogan, S. (2021). Body image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women and children. Routledge.

Quittkat, H. L., Hartmann, A. S., Düsing, R., Buhlmann, U., & Vocks, S. (2019). Body dissatisfaction, importance of appearance, and body appreciation in men and women over the lifespanFrontiers in psychiatry10, 864.

Vossbeck-Elsebusch, A. N., Waldorf, M., Legenbauer, T., Bauer, A., Cordes, M., & Vocks, S. (2014). German version of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire–Appearance Scales (MBSRQ-AS): confirmatory factor analysis and validationBody image11(3), 191-200.

Social status & …

Assari, S. (2018). Health disparities due to diminished return among black Americans: Public policy solutions

Bell, C. N., Sacks, T. K., Tobin, C. S. T., & Thorpe Jr, R. J. (2020). Racial non-equivalence of socioeconomic status and self-rated health among African Americans and Whites

Bonilla-Silva, E. (1997). Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation

Brown, T. H., Hargrove, T. W., Homan, P., & Adkins, D. E. (2023). Racialized Health Inequities: Quantifying Socioeconomic and Stress Pathways Using Moderated Mediation

Chan, M., Lau, C., Lau, C., Ma, T. F. (. (2021). Global Trends In Cross-cultural Endorsement Of Social Mobility: Evidence From 167 Countries

Colen, C. G., Krueger, P. M., & Boettner, B. L. (2018). Do rising tides lift all boats? Racial disparities in health across the lifecourse among middle-class African-Americans and Whites

Daniels, J. R. (2018). “There’s no way this isn’t racist”: White women teachers and the raciolinguistic ideologies of teaching code‐switching

Geronimus, A. T., Hicken, M., Keene, D., & Bound, J. (2006). “Weathering” and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States

Kessler, R. C. (1979). Stress, social status, and psychological distress

Macintyre, S. (1994). Understanding the social patterning of health: the role of the social sciences

McEwen, B. S., & Stellar, E. (1993). Stress and the individual: Mechanisms leading to disease

Pearlin, L. I. (1989). The sociological study of stress

Bioecological theory…

Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design. Harvard University Press.

Navarro, J. L., Stephens, C., Rodrigues, B. C., Walker, I. A., Cook, O., O’Toole, L., Hayes, N., & Tudge, J. R. H. (2022). Bored of the rings: Methodological and analytic approaches to operationalizing Bronfenbrenner’s PPCT model in research practiceJournal of Family Theory & Review14(2), 233-253.

Tudge, J. R., Merçon-Vargas, E. A., & Payir, A. (2022). Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory: Its development, core concepts, and critical issues. In K. Adamson, A. Few-Demo, C. M. Proulx & K. Roy (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methodologies: A dynamic approach (pp. 235-254). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

What’s your coping…

Attia, P. peterattiamd.com

Bellingtier, J. A., & Neupert, S. D. (2018). Negative aging attitudes predict greater reactivity to daily stressors in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B73(7), 1155-1159.

Bellingtier, J. A., Neupert, S. D., & Kotter-Grühn, D. (2017). The combined effects of daily stressors and major life events on daily subjective ages. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences72(4), 613-621

Guidi, J., Lucente, M., Sonino, N., & Fava, G. A. (2020). Allostatic load and its impact on health: a systematic review. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics90(1), 11-27

Huberman, A. hubermanlab.com

Kato, T. (2015). Frequently used coping scales: A meta‐analysis. Stress and Health31(4), 315-323.

LePera, N. theholisticpsychologist.com

Perel, E. esterperel.com

Resilience & Coping Styles Questionnaires. PositivePsychology.com

Comics/cartoons = form…

Comics Research Hub: London College of Communication/University of the Arts London. http://comicsresearch.arts.ac.uk/

Davies, P. F. (2019). Comics as communication: A functional approach. Springer Nature.

Guzman, J., & Moore, B. (2023). Black newspapers and the Black public sphere: The utility of cartoons in the context of World War II. Poetics97, 101767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2023.101767

Kovecses, Z. (2010). Metaphor: A practical introduction. Oxford university press.

Whitted, Q. (Ed.) (2023). Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics. Rutgers University Press.