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November 8, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Women’s Resource Center Director,
CSUDH Students
Talk About Women’s Body Image on BET’s “Meet
the Faith”
(Carson,
CA) – Robyn McGee,
director of the Women’s
Resource Center at California State University, Dominguez
Hills (CSUDH) will be featured on Black Entertainment Television’s
(BET’s) “Meet the Faith” show airing
Sunday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. ET/PT. Check local cable listings
for channel information. Satellite dish times may vary.
Hosted by Ian Smith, a contributing
editor for Men’s
Health magazine and medical contributor on ABC’s “The
View,” “Meet the Faith” addresses a wide
range of current topics pertinent to black America. The Nov.
18 episode, title “Forgive or Die,” will discuss
health issues in the black community, with the segment with
McGee focusing on body image perceptions among African American
women, a subject McGee has written and lectured on extensively
for many years.
In 2005, McGee wrote “Hungry For More: A Keeping-It-Real
Guide for Black Women on Weight and Body Image,” about
her sister Cathy’s life-long battle with weight, how
gastric bypass surgery contributed to Cathy’s death,
and the social and cultural influences that determine how
women view themselves. The book also offers healthful lifestyle
choices to both improve a woman’s self-esteem and maintain
a healthy weight.
For “Meet the Faith,” McGee, former CSUDH health
educator La’ini Roberts, alumna Shanice Harris, internship
coordinator Carolyn Harris, and students Ashli Logan, Kristin
Huling and Candace Mitchell were interviewed by segment producer
Traci Curry. They engaged in a frank discussion about what
society sees as the ideal black woman, the role media plays
in developing those perceptions, how media perpetuates the
image of the black woman as a purely sexual being, and the
internal and external pressures to conform to those models.
“I’m very pleased about it,” McGee said
of the upcoming show. “I was a bit conflicted because
BET portrays some of the same negative images of women we
were talking about. But maybe what we say will offer some
balance. The women featured are all well educated, beautiful
and confident, and of all shapes and sizes.”
Producer Curry spent a full day in May with McGee and the
panel of university women for the segment. It was filmed
at various locations around campus.
For more information on “Meet the Faith,” visit
www.bet.com/OnTV/BETShows/meetfaith. For information
on Robyn McGee, visit www.robynwrites.com.
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CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
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Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
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environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
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studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
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