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Hating Your Body Before Anyone Else Does
Recently, a few of my friends have made some passing negative comments about their bodies. Usually, I challenge their negativity, they remember I’m not the shame-you-for-everything media, and we go back to whatever it is we were doing before my good friend talked shit about my good friend, forcing me to have to defend my [...]
The Other Side of Labels
This weekend I reconnected with an old friend, and over chili rellenos and mushroom quesadillas, I explained to her the mission behind The Demoiselles. We laughed about my long-lived desire to tell the status quo to fuck off and unabashedly destroy the perceptions the media creates for us. My friend had never heard of the [...]
And It Begins Again: New Year, New [Diet]
New Year’s Resolutions often bring fad diets, forced exercise, and disappointment – all at the hands of media suggestion via commercials, advertisements and magazines. Instead of a big bowl of shame for the new year, why not pick up some self-empowering publications instead?
Defending Your Life, Sure – But What About Your Weight?
There has been some major debate over the last few years (some of which took place on this very blog) as to the relevancy of the “obesity epidemic.” Celebrities are consistently in the spotlight, and as most of them are lithe and lean, they don’t face the need to defend their weight – unless, of [...]
Women in the Media: Adele
If I was getting married, I’d want her songs playing at my wedding. If I was involved in a breakup, I’d use her music for solace. If I had just returned to my suburban hometown after years out of the country, I’d want “Hometown Glory” on my MP3 player, on repeat. Her name is Adele. [...]
Trench Warfare! Firing Range! …Shoe tying? = WEIGHT LOSS!
An article on Jezebel yesterday alerted us of a New Zealand advertisement for a weight loss drug, Xenical. Sure, we’ve all seen commercials on the tube for everything from pills to patches to pulsating electrical currents that promise to shed the pounds while you sit around sedentary – ahh, the easy life. But what if [...]
In The Dark
Reading this secret made me ache inside. I can’t imagine being so ashamed of my own body – for whatever reason – that I couldn’t stand looking at it, or touching it. …okay, you know what? That’s a lie. I can totally imagine it. In fact, I think we all can, sometimes. Anorexia. Body dysmorphia. [...]
We Are Winning
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 [...]
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 [...]
In Another’s Nest: Link Love
It’s been a while since we posted some love for our fellow writers, but we have been watching! Some of these links are older than our usual one to two weeks, but they’re no less badass for it. Enjoy! Image via TheRoot.com The Root congratulates Gabourey Sidibe on her starring role in Precious, and [...]
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