In the daily life of a teen, young people are bombarded with more media images today than ever before. The Internet, television, and magazines are all a part of most teen’s day-to-day life. Because they are saturated with these media images, it is easy for teens to start believing what is portrayed in these images and start feeling differently about themselves without even realizing it.

Picture Perfect is a 45-minute interactive workshop during which 8th graders investigate the issue of how the media portrays gender roles and appearance, and explore how this can negatively impact how they can feel about themselves. View comments from past participants.

The goals of the workshop are to help students:

For further information about Picture Perfect,
please contact Katy Colthart at 781-455-7518 x264

or email Katy at