Body Image

No More Body Bashing

Emme | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Esteem, Oprah Winfrey, Weight Fluctuation, Dieting, Body Image, Exercise, Weight Gain, Self Image, Unhealthy Diets, Weight Loss, Oprah Weight, Living News
Emme

It's time, we must accept our bodies not as objects to manipulate but ones to appreciate, feed, exercise and have fun in.

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The New Beauty

Natalia Rose | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Beauty Consciousness, Natural Glow, Beauty Products, Plastic Surgeon, Change, Youth, Lifestyle, Style, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Understanding, Youthfulness, Trends, Beliefs, Cosmetic Surgery, Spirituality, Living News
Natalia Rose

Instead of continuing to value youth for the sake of youth and flawlessness for the sake of flawlessness, we are starting to let go of commonly held ideals of external beauty.

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Love Your New Face, Dear!

David Roche | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Face Transplant, First Face Transplant, Health, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery, US First Face Transplant, Living News
David Roche

I was especially interested in this face transplant because I myself am disfigured. The left side of my face bulges and is streaked with a purple congenital venous malformation.

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Indie Rock Gives Men Eating Disorders

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 12.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Amos Lee, Anorexia, Body Image, David Beckham, Kurt Cobain, Fall Out Boy, Eating Disorders, David Bowie, Kaiser Chiefs, Music, Pete Wentz, Ricky Wilson, Caleb Followill, Indie Rock, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Blame American Apparel or Pete Wentz, but men in this particular hipster subculture are now being held up to the impossibly skinny standard.

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America the Beautiful Headlines Vienna Body Image Conference

Darryl Roberts | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Bulemia, Anerexia, Europe, Italy, Self Esteem, Model, Dieting, Switzerland, Health, Body Image, Beauty, Vienna Austria, Eating Disorder, Media and Body Image, Advertising and Body Image, Air-Brushing, Media, Italian Modelling Laws, Fiji Body Image, America the Beautiful, Shaped Body Symposium, Harvard Fiji Study, Anna Maria Fecchio-Comito, Living News
Darryl Roberts

As economic globalization becomes a reality, it seems that the language of beauty changes along with it.

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Are Your Ready?

Nancy Chuda | Posted 12.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Face Lift, Work-Out Clothes, Cosmetic Surgery, Going to the Gym, Working Out, Body Image, Exercise, Botox, Living News
Nancy Chuda

Are you ready for a new lifestyle and a lift? The only time I would venture to go "under the knife" is to view my sushi blade getting sharpened. Maki...

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Thanking, Instead of Apologizing for, Our Bodies

Adia Colar | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Psychology, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Health, Living News
Adia Colar

Recently, I've been thinking about how so many people, but particularly women, apologize for their bodies rather than celebrating how great they really are.

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T-Day: 3,000 Calories and 229g of Fat. Me: I Don't Care.

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Guilt, Calories, Football, Exercise, Body Image, Thanksgiving, Food, Fat, Ace, Thanksgiving Commentary, Style News
Leslie Goldman

The average American will consume 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat this Thanksgiving. That's as many calories as 5.5 McDonald's Big Mac hamburgers or 15 Supremes from Taco Bell.

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Shoshanna Gruss on Swimwear and Strapless

Amanda Christine Miller | Posted 11.17.2008 | Style

Read More: Swimwear, Body Image, Body Shape, Body Shape and Self-Esteem, Swimwear Styles, Swimwear and Body Image, Swimwear and Self-Esteem, Women and Body Image, Weight and Body Image, Style News
Amanda Christine Miller

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss talks about her eponymous clothing line, inspired by her own shapely figure, whose mission is to create dresses and swimwear for women of all sizes.

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How to Get Thin in One Simple Step!

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Weight Loss, Diet, Pregnancy Weight Gain, Breast Cancer Weight Gain, Weight Loss Advice, Diets, Living News, Diet Tips, Thin, Health, How to Eat Less, Menopause, Chemo Weight Gain, Metabolism, Self Esteem, Body Image, Benefits of Yoga, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Ultimately, the yoga helped me to become "mindful" enough to accept that I wasn't really happy with my weight gain and that I could lose the weight if I really wanted to do so.

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Jewish Girls and Self-Destructive Behaviors: By The Numbers

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Destructive, Girls, Cutting, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Drugs, Think Tank, Technology, Jewish, Teen Loneliness, Jewish Girls, Low Self-Esteem, Jewish Girls Eating Disorders, Social Networking, Self-Esteem, Youth Body Image, Living News
Leslie Goldman

We must help undo the damage done by impossibly high academic standards, media portrayals of unrealistic bodies, and other factors that make young women feel like they don't measure up.

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If Those Waist Beads Break, You Should Probably Skip Dessert

Michelle Madhok | Posted 10.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Weight Control, Waist Beads, Accessories, Health, Weight Gain, Body Image, Weight Loss, Body Health, Scales, Style News
Michelle Madhok

As the beads get tighter around your waist, you know you're gaining a few pounds. So you can nip that weight gain in the bud before you're struggling to button your jeans.

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MTV Decides Not to Release New Show Model Maker

Darryl Roberts | Posted 10.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obsession, Women, Model, Mtv, Dieting, Health, Supermodel, America the Beautiful, Fashion, Beauty, Makeup, Diet, Darryl Roberts, Eating Disorders, Teenage Girls, Anorexia, Body Image, Self Esteem Teenage Girls, Cancelled Tv Program, Entertainment News
Darryl Roberts

The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?

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Anorexic "Tips" from the Biggest Loser

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: The Biggest Loser, Eating Disorders, Food, Dieting Tips, Anorexia, Jillian Michaels, Food Disorders, Body Image, Self-Esteem Issues, Weight Loss Game Show, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Self-Esteem, Body Image Women, Weightloss Games, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Food is a gift. It is not something to be feared or demonized but rather to be eaten with joy and thanksgiving. Take it from someone who has eaten food out of the garbage.

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Wanted: Only Uber-Thin Women With Ginormous Breasts Need Apply

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.14.2008 | Style

Read More: Fat Acceptance, Wonderbra, Breasts, Katie Green, Leslie Goldman, Obesity, Kim Brittingham, Body Image, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Who should sell large-sized bras to big-busted women and plus-sized clothing to plus-sized women if not big-busted and plus-sized models?

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Love Your Body Day

Caroline Heldman | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Womens Bodies, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Sex Appeal, Living News
Caroline Heldman

In my experience in college settings, many young women celebrate their object status as a form of empowerment, through bare midriffs, killer cleavage and clothing that screams, "I am a sex object and proud of it!"

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How a Pro-Life VP Will Make You Feel Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Bristol, Equality, Women's Rights, Love Your Body Day, Eating Disorders, Mccain, Planned Prenthood, Choice, Sex Education, Weighting Game, Thin, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Bump, Nicole Kidman, Palin, Sarah Palin, Brown University, Body Image, Food, Locker Room Diaries, Celebrity, Pro-Choice, Blogging, Trig, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Isn't there a strong parallel between other people dictating my right to reproduce and other people dictating what I should look like?

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The Ugly Truth About "America The Beautiful"

Darryl Roberts | Posted 08.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Fasion Industry, America the Beautiful Movie, Britney Spears, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Female Body Image, Fashion, Beauty Industry, Ted Casablanca, Chicago News
Darryl Roberts

When I set out to make my film "America the Beautiful," one of the first things I did was ask 200 women if they felt attractive or possessed a healthy attitude about their bodies--only two said yes.

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The Skinny On The Latest Skinny

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 08.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Love Hewitt Weight Loss, Jennifer Love Hewitt Magazine Covers, Body Image, Living News
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

A few months ago, we appeared on GMA Now and right here on the HuffPo to talk about the crazy story of size 2 Jennifer Love Hewitt being called fat. ...

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So Many Boys, So Little Chance

Leslie Goldman | Posted 08.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Skin, Underwear, Fun, Body Image, Parade, Gay, Boys, Pride, Tolerance, Chicago, Chicago News
Leslie Goldman

I don't know what you all were doing last Saturday at 3pm, but me? I was surrounded by hundreds of half-naked men wearing teeny little bikini briefs, ...

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Love By The Pound Isn't Love At All

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Girls Body Image, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

His name was ... well, nevermind. I'll just call him Mr. X -- because I'm sure every woman has had a Mr. X in their life. You know, that boyfriend who is completely looks-obsessed. Not about his looks, but about the woman's. My particular Mr. X was focused on finding fault with my weight.

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Can an Anorexic Woman and an Obese Woman Be Best Friends?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Style

Read More: Acceptance, Women, Anorexic, Obese, Body Image, Hatred, Fat, Movie, Weight, Film, Disfigured, Movies, Style News
Leslie Goldman

The opening dialogue of disFigured moves into a rare plotline that I found shockingly real, touchy, emotional, humorous and hurtful, and introspective for viewers heavy and thin alike.

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Stretch Marks: Fashion Accesory or Faux Pax?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Celebrity Babies, Lucky Strike, Jennifer Garner, Belly, Angelina Jolie, Pregnancy, Stretch Marks, Private Bowling Party, Miami, Celebrities, Deelishis, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Here's something you don't see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tuc...

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Stop Calling Scarlett Johansson Fat

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Skinny, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Fat, Hollywood, Axe Body Spray, Volutuous, Curvy, Thin, The Gap, Starlets, Body Image, Chubby, Justin Timberlake, Size 2, Size 10, Style, Media News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Scarlett, I'm sure you are healthy in a WebMD sense but certainly not in the way that reporters mean it. You partly earn that curvy label by your impressive chest. But I feel compelled to inform you that you are not a "regular girl."

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Ladies Who Launch: Mama, May I be Frank?

Amy Swift | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Insomnia, Pregnancy, Angelina Jolie Pregnant, Body Image, Sex, Living News
Amy Swift

Working with women 24/7 through Ladies Who Launch, I have the distinct privilege to hear the dirty little secrets of motherhood.Here's what I've learned.

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