Who would have thought that Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson would be the next wave of celebrities taking a stand against the media and our culture’s… Read More »Celebrities taking a stand against the media’s obsession with "perfect"
By now, you’ve probably either read something or heard something about a recent decision by Spain to curb the amount of advertising for cosmetic surgery,… Read More »Is Spain moving in the right direction on issues regarding body image? What could we learn?
Nicki Minaj is a new, emerging rap artist. She calls herself the new “Barbie.” Some little girls are now calling themselves Barbie because they look… Read More »The New Barbie?
As one might expect, the topics of female body image and eating disorders is an oft discussed topic here at the Women’s Center. We already… Read More »Thin Images
Body image is not one of my favorite things to talk about. You’ll almost never find me talking about it in person. Maybe its because… Read More »Body Image Stories From Familiar Writers
See below for a powerful video on ending “Fat Talk.” And promise to eliminate fat talk from your talk: http://www.endfattalk.org/promise.html [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CuMJybvAh8&hl=en&fs=1&]
Join the Women’s Center to celebrate the NOW Foundation’s Love Your Body Day. As NOW notes on their website: Unrealistic Images of Women Make Love… Read More »Love Your Body Day 2009
When women start having liposuction on their ANKLES to make them more slender, words fail me. Luckily, Lynn Harris at Salon’s Broadsheet blog, and Hortense… Read More »Speechless
Obesity is one of the most serious health issues in America today. This is what has prompted anti-obesity activist MeMe Roth to crusade for a… Read More »Food Abuse = Rape?
Via Jezebel, comes an interesting piece from The Daily Mail on thinness and women just in time for equal pay day (since the author argues that the thin… Read More »Thinness and Women