Salon.com > Bridget Jones' Diary http://www.salon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chick lit may be hazardous to your health http://www.salon.com/2013/01/19/chick_lit_may_be_hazardous_to_your_health/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/19/chick_lit_may_be_hazardous_to_your_health/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13176390 Pacific Standard We have been warned of the impact of violent video games and sexually aggressive song lyrics. But little attention has been paid to another media phenomenon that may influence its fans to think and act in unwanted ways.

Psychological danger may lurk between the covers of that beach book.

Reading “chick lit” may lead women to think of themselves as less attractive and express more concern about their weight. That’s the conclusion of new research from Virginia Tech, published in the journal Body Image.

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