Women LOVE Your Curves – Stand Powerfully As You Are
Hello lovely, curvaceous women. I thought of you when I was walking to Shirlington the other day. I saw this beautiful curved wall standing powerfully in front of respected, sought after condominiums. The architects knew that a curvy, shapely design is interesting to the outsider’s eye. So they created an undulating and delightful monument [...]
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A New Attitude About Your Body | Function Over Form
She’s Next is an organization providing inspiration and awareness about the issues facing today’s women through short videos. In their words: “We live at an interesting time where women have more opportunities than ever before, yet we are more uncertain about our roles, identity and place in society. At She’s Next we believe in both [...]
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Your Body Perspective | Turn Your Thinking Upside Down
It’s probably been obvious, but the theme for my posts this month is body image. After the holidays many people think they ate too much, drank too much and exercised less than usual. Others simply find the beginning of a new year a time for resolutions and new behaviors, which often include healthier eating, starting an [...]
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What's Changed Since "The Beauty Myth" Was Published in '91?|Women's Issues
Amber’s wish “I don’t want my thighs to touch anymore.” Hearing those words from Amber, a slim but not skinny person at the weight loss camp on TV’s HUGE, transported me back almost two decades. I was in the audience listening to Naomi Wolf, author of the then newly published The Beauty Myth: How Images [...]
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What’s Changed Since “The Beauty Myth” Was Published in ’91?|Women’s Issues
Amber’s wish “I don’t want my thighs to touch anymore.” Hearing those words from Amber, a slim but not skinny person at the weight loss camp on TV’s HUGE, transported me back almost two decades. I was in the audience listening to Naomi Wolf, author of the then newly published The Beauty Myth: How Images [...]
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Do You Need To Be Tarzan To Speak Up?|Women's Issues
Johnnie Weissmuller’s voice remains the most powerful version of Tarzan’s call I’ve ever heard. When I listen to it I inevitably want to beat my chest and let loose with a yell of my own. Well, that’s what Raven Goodwin’s character, Becca, did on the July 12th episode of ABC Family’s HUGE entitled “Live Action [...]
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Do You Need To Be Tarzan To Speak Up?|Women’s Issues
Johnnie Weissmuller’s voice remains the most powerful version of Tarzan’s call I’ve ever heard. When I listen to it I inevitably want to beat my chest and let loose with a yell of my own. Well, that’s what Raven Goodwin’s character, Becca, did on the July 12th episode of ABC Family’s HUGE entitled “Live Action [...]
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"Does My Bum Look Big In This Ad? | Body Image & The Media"
In 2005, at the age of 24, Lisa Cox was living her dream. She was a copywriter and a part-time model. But as her 25th birthday approached the “gift” she received came in the form of a virus. It caused a brain hemorrhage that put Cox in a coma and on life support for two [...]
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“Does My Bum Look Big In This Ad? | Body Image & The Media”
In 2005, at the age of 24, Lisa Cox was living her dream. She was a copywriter and a part-time model. But as her 25th birthday approached the “gift” she received came in the form of a virus. It caused a brain hemorrhage that put Cox in a coma and on life support for two [...]
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The Battle Of The Eating Disorders
Kai Hibbard is a military wife who apparently dropped 118 pounds in just 12 weeks on season three of “The Big Loser.” Four years later, Kai is again on TV, this time in an interview on The Early Show on CBS. She’s regained 70 pounds and wants to tell “the truth”. “I left with a [...]
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