The Demoiselles

Last week, I got my hair cut and colored. When I walked out of the salon I felt amazing, so I came home and did what almost any woman under the age of forty does when she’s made a change and her self esteem is high: I took lots of pictures and posted them on [...]

For months, Lindsay and I have been fighting against anti-progressive beauty standards – the “perfect” face, the “perfect” body – by asking women to challenge themselves to a day without makeup, upload photos of their “naked faces” to Flickr, posting our own naked faces, and celebrating women that choose to put their real selves out [...]

I noticed something this morning while flipping dutifully through the first 9,000 pages of this month’s Elle. Typically, I turn page after page, glancing at the advertisements for high-end luxury lines quickly, as I don’t care for much more than the photography – it’s unrealistic for me to dream up reasons to covet a $5,000 [...]

A snipped from NYMag caught my eye today. The headline read “Call Crystal Renn fat, and she’ll eat your tacos.” Aside from the catch-your-eye wording, I was beyond curious as to what this actually meant. As we know, Crystal Renn is a plus-sized model who recently released her book, Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of [...]

It doesn’t matter who you are, or how far you’ve come, or how high your self esteem is: Some days, you’re going to hate your body. It will be too fat, or too thin, or bloated from that third slice of pizza you knew you shouldn’t have eaten.  It will feel uncomfortable, or bony, or [...]

I recently got back in touch with an old best friend, whom I hadn’t seen in two years.  In our heyday we’d been thick as thieves, but both our lives had taken a domestic turn and I had no idea what to expect (other than what a little Facebook-stalking afforded me).  We planned to catch [...]

When I was a teenager, the one style I wanted to emulate most was faux androgeny. I wanted to rock the menswear look: straight-leg slacks and starched dress shirts, spiked short hair, a sexy, almost masculine swagger.  With double D’s and a short stature, however, I chalked it up as a never-to-be-realized dream.  I have [...]

I have three words: No. More. Uniboob. (Okay, “uniboob” isn’t a word, but bear with me, here.) If you have big boobs, you know exactly what I’m talking about: a single band of stretch cotton, smooshing your chest into an indiscernible blob, which bounces in a single, sticky, sweaty motion despite your sports bra’s purported [...]

Naturally, if you’re a regular follower of The Demoiselles, you know that we preach self-love as gospel. Accepting yourself, accepting your “flaws” and accepting your insecurities… They’re all part of our master plan to ensure that you enjoy your life, as you, as thoroughly as possible. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the bond [...]