Emefa Angelica Dzodzomenyo had always been told she was lucky to have large breasts, but the pain and objectification didn’t always make her feel that way.
Tag: body image
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Hillary McBride about her new book, “Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are,” as well as about flawed approaches to eating disorders, loving your body under patriarchy, and what a feminist approach to therapy looks like.
New mother? Feeling stressed or challenged due to the fact that you grew then expelled a human being out of your body and now have to take care of it day and…
The latest reports from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeries indicate that the number of labiaplasty surgeries performed between 2011 and 2012 increased 64 per cent, and went up again 44…
The kids internet tells me the new hip hot cool Instagram account is “Girls with Gluten,” an entire account devoted to sharing images of women “eating” food items that include carbs. There…
Buzzfeed was right. This video about a young woman with Down Syndrome losing a ton of weight to pursue her goal of being a model “made me feel all the feelings”… including…
As Susan Cox brought to our attention yesterday, a man has single-handedly resolved the problem of women’s and girls’ body image issues. Dr Aric Sigman, author of Body Wars, has professed that…
Following in the footsteps of box-office smash, Maleficent, Disney has adapted yet another one of its animated classics with the soon to-be-released Cinderella. But just because it’s live-action, hasn’t stopped Disney from…