22: Beauty Sick

<p>Dr. Engeln is a professor at Northwestern University where she teaches psychopathology, the psychology of women and gender, social psychology, and the psychology of human beauty. Doctor Engeln  directs the <a href="http://bodyandmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“The Body and Media Lab”</a> which conducts research exploring issues surrounding women&#39;s body images. She is the author of <a href="http://beautysick.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">&quot;Beauty Sick&quot;</a> a book about the cultural obsession with appearance and how it effects girls and women.  Renee&#39;s work has appeared in numerous academic journals, and she is regularly interviewed by the New York Times, the Chicago tribune, the Huffington Post, and other national media.​</p><p>​</p><p>​</p><p>Dr. Engeln will be interviewed by Saint Helena Forum Board Member Michele Mitchell. In addition to being a member of the Forum’s board of directors, Michelle is a filmmaker, journalist, and author, best known for her on-camera reporting for PBS and CNN Headline News, and her documentary films: <a href="https://films.com/id/27706/Haiti_Where_Did_the_Money_Go.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Haiti: Where did the Money Go? “</a> which tracked what happened to the money donated by US citizens to US-based charities after the Haiti earthquake  and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tbP1TcwNDLMMTY3M2D04i_JSFUozUvOz0tJzc1LTQEAfGcJLA&q=the+uncondemned&oq=the+un&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgBEC4YQxiABBiKBTIGCAAQRRg7MgwIARAuGEMYgAQYigUyDAgCEAAYQxiABBiKBTINCAMQLhiDARixAxiABDINCAQQABiDARixAxiABDIGCAUQRRg8MgYIBhBFGDwyBggHEEUYPNIBCDM2NzRqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#wptab=si:APYL9btLsCLyBNVDMNiB9zj5AdxV1PPyQBpTCyTfIJCkzq3PWXCu65927AxOh7RosZjpQC-0Yjj-NPxDMV-bprma7JVy4ouneIpmI6SdfBVzscNlSlTRixBEZh1QYe37q3aE30rocyfr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">”The Un-condemned “, </a>a riveting documentary about an underdog group of lawyers and activists who defied the odds to do what had never been done: prosecute rape as an international war crime.</p>