Name: Olivia Basile

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Body Image and Social Media

Date of Fieldwork: February 4, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Lauren Smolar, at the National Eating Disorder Association.

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

We met with Lauren Smolar who works at the national eating disorder association. She told us about how eating disorders can run through families. She said that social media could be an effect of eating disorders. we choose her for our interview because eating disorders are a cause led by social media and it relates to body image. Her company has a hot line where you can call if you are struggling.