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Bodies, gender, and digital affect in fitspiration media

Kim Toffolettia School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Holly Thorpeb Te Huataki Waiora/School of Health, Sport and Human Performance, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New ZealandView further author information
Pages 822-839 | Received 30 Aug 2019, Accepted 20 Dec 2019, Published online: 22 Jan 2020

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