Curves Ahead…and Behind
It didn’t take long for me to react to the following photos, originally published in “Curves Ahead,” an editorial from the January issue of V Magazine (also called “the size issue”). My reaction was, in short: Do I see back fat? Sexy back fat? And does that mean I could have sexy back fat? And [...]
Read moreIn Another’s Nest: Link Love
Jaka Merriman, a friend and valued commenter, takes us through the “saga” of her hair color, and ends up with a new perspective on self-love. Chelsea Rae of Pink Rock Candy also saw the Crystal Renn/Jaquelyn Jablonski photoshoot – but she saw it surrounded by hate-mongering comments towards women’s bodies. Here’s her take on the [...]
Read moreOne Size Fits All – But What Size Is “All”?
Sometimes, we get reduced to a blubbering pile of Demoiselle after coming across something truly thought-provoking. Honestly, this doesn’t happen all too often in the land of Fashion-&-Body-Image, but every so often we find a jewel that really makes us think. Plus-sized model, Crystal Renn, and Spring 2010 Fashion Week darling Jacquelyn Jablonski faced off [...]
Read moreLinks à la Mode: The Holiday Edition
The Happy Holidays Edition Edited by Retrochick Well, I suppose I shall start this weeks Links à la Mode with this: HAPPY CHRISTMAS! It’s Christmas Eve and I’m sure visions of sugar plums are dancing in everyone’s heads as they trim the tree and sup mulled wine in preparation for tomorrows frivolities. All too soon [...]
Read morePride & Self-Prejudice
Here’s a snippet of a recent conversation I had during a post-Christmas dinner with my father and his girlfriend: Her: “Well, maybe you could take some aptitude tests to figure out what you want to do, what you’d be best at.” Me: “It’s not that I don’t know what I want to do; it’s that [...]
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