The Demoiselles

Marzipan is a twenty-five year old with an English degree, a penchant for body image activism, an over active imagination, and a desire to love and adore herself and others truly and imperfectly and to the best of her abilities. Her blog, Medicinal Marzipan, is both a record of her recovery from a lifetime of [...]

If you’re a regular reader of The Demoiselles, you’ve probably noticed that it’s been a little dead in here. First of all: we know, and we’re sorry.   Though the Getting Healthy project is well underway, and the new girls are kicking some serious ass at both getting healthy and getting their posts up each week, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If you ask any catty office workers, high school misfits, or fashion-conservative connoisseurs, they will tell you that the best way to go from looking really chic to really, really tacky is to over-sexy-fy yourself. This is a delicate topic… Lines within the “sexy” realm are easily blurred, erased and completely re-drawn – sometimes all [...]

How long has it been since you’ve spent any time naked? I’m not talking out-of-the-shower-and-into-a-towel naked, or changing-clothes naked.  I’m talking about being purposefully naked. If it’s been a while – more than a month – I suggest you try it.  Close the curtains, shut the blinds, and hang towels over your mirrors if you need [...]

At the time we were directed to the ad below, the two of us  (Jen and Elle) were working via Skype.  Instead of a text or video reaction to the article we read, we give you a screen capture, which was taken while we were both viewing the article and its accompanying image.  For your [...]

We’re all aware of Gilt.com’s existence, and it’s only the digital version of a pile of designer clothes on the floor (don’t get us wrong, we love piles of clothes on any floor). So, imagine if instead of a pile on the floor, they were neatly hung on hangers, and organized by what fits your [...]