Mindbridge

🌈 Identity and Self-Expression are Human Rights. 🧠💖

This , we honor the beautiful spectrum of self-expression and the science that tells us: the right to live freely and authentically is vital. Mindbridge stands with LGBTQIA+ communities across Maine and beyond.

Join us in celebrating courage, love, and liberation.

When adolescents become informed consumers of online media and are educated on image editing, influencer culture, harmful beauty ideals, algorithm-driven content, and even the role of AI, they are more likely to feel good in their own skin and less likely to experience the harmful effects of social media on their body image.

In our most recent Substack post, Dr. Jessica F. Saunders unpacks the impact of adolescent social media use on body image development and eating disorder risk. She further discusses potential long-term solutions for social change and policy.

🔗 https://mindbridgecenter.substack.com/p/the-filtered-self-identity-body-image

The United Nations acknowledges May 29th as the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Since 1948, over two million personnel have helped countries transition from war to peace. This vital work includes civilian and military collaboration in order to protect human rights amidst various global conflicts.

Image: Flickr/United Nations: Nigerian female peacekeeper in the battalion of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, 2008