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October 10, 2018
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Body Image and Acceptance Over the Lifetime
Body Image and Acceptance Over the Lifetime
Wednesday, October 10 | 3:00 to 5:00pm
Admission $5
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
Aging provides an opportunity for us to come to terms with our fading youthful appearance. How much of our self-definition has been wrapped up in our physical body and our quest for attractiveness? How does our culture support or hinder our self-acceptance?
This visual and oral presentation is about the cultural influence of beauty and body identity, as we explore how we feel 
about our appearance over time and especially during aging. Jeanine will offer historical and cultural perspectives, as well as her own painful journey around this subject.
Jeanine’s body image over her lifetime has been a roller coaster of identities from pretty little princess; disfigured accident victim, scrawny teenager, professional model, and attractive woman in the workplace. As she settles into being gratefully average and somewhat invisible these days, she reflects on the pain, acceptance and dilemma that we face as humans attracted to beauty and the power that it carries.
Jeanine’s background and interests: Medical research ethicist by profession; artist of many media; Anglophile (spending a month each year in Britain); former professional model; curious about all things cultural, psychological and emotional; lover of the sea.
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The Art of Aging/of Dying Series is a program of the Hoffman Center of the Arts and will be held at the Hoffman Center (across from Manzanita Library at 594 Laneda Ave).
For more information contact Tela Skinner
Body Image and Acceptance Over the Lifetime
