Feminist trained developmental scientist. Body image, weight stigma, and eating disorder recovery research. Project manager @ Brigham & Women’s Hospitalhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.social/post/3m5mdwcp37k23✨ New Research Spotlight ✨ How do celebrity bodies shape the way young Black and Hispanic women see themselves? Our recent study in Feminist Media Studies dug into this question by analyzing how women ages 18–29 describe the celebrity bodies they admire. The findings were powerful:14 Nov 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:dlh5asclphypecpbdutsfd2a/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5mdwcp37k23https://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.social/post/3lxb6lwlwok2oMy 20 month old was “reading” the intro to human development book I teach with before bed tonight, enthralled by the pictures of other toddlers in the early childhood chapter and all I could think was “at least someone is doing the assigned reading”25 Aug 2025 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:dlh5asclphypecpbdutsfd2a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxb6lwlwok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.social/post/3lvtuwmg3xs2nIn press today! We interviewed women in ED recovery on the role nature played and continues to olay on their recovery process, drawing from Piran’s theory of developmental embodiment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144525001020?dgcid=coauthor07 Aug 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:dlh5asclphypecpbdutsfd2a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtuwmg3xs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.social/post/3ldye4zdvpk2vMy newly one year old screamed when she had to sit on the scale today at her 12mo well visit. Glad to see her rejection of diet culture and BMI as a health metric has started already 😂23 Dec 2024 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:dlh5asclphypecpbdutsfd2a/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldye4zdvpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.social/post/3lbrfljices2qIt has been a quiet year pub-wise (maternity leave and position switch), but I am proud to have gotten these 2024 weight stigma and body image papers into the world: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-024-02580-5 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144524000603 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40337-024-01058-025 Nov 2024 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:dlh5asclphypecpbdutsfd2a/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrfljices2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfsaunders.bsky.social/post/3kfjdqtvtjw2mA meta analysis I have been working on for FOUR YEARS (and three updated database searches later) with nearly 300 studies and 400 effect sizes is finally under review. Someone please stop me before I undertake something like this again01 Dec 2023 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:dlh5asclphypecpbdutsfd2a/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfjdqtvtjw2m