Women: Stop apologizing for eating
It's time we put an end to the performative ritual of self-loathing and shame at the table
Tuesday, Sep 6, 2016 7:53 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Eating Disorders
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Is it “sexist” to talk about Renee Zellweger’s face?
A Variety critic gets slammed -- so how do we talk about actresses and aging? VIDEO
Tuesday, Jul 5, 2016 1:43 PM UTC 0Life ageism, Body Wars
Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer don’t want to hear it: These comebacks to rude body comments are perfect
Hathaway has some words about post-partum bodies, while Schumer gleefully invokes "Miss Trunchbull" at the beach
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 7:00 PM UTC 0Life Amy Schumer, Anne Hathaway
Eff these beauty standards, indeed: Bodies aren’t obscene, no matter what swimsuit size they wear
Facebook censors a Tess Holliday ad according to a "health and fitness policy" while Instagram wages war on bikinis
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:54 PM UTC 0Life Aarti Olivia Dubey, Body Wars
Olivia Munn’s “superhero diet” is why you shouldn’t take diet advice from celebrities
Along with Oprah's Weight Watchers "cheating," we've hit a new low in celebrity diet tracking
Friday, May 20, 2016 3:22 PM UTC 0Life 80:20 diet, Body Wars, Diets
Women at work can’t win: Meteorologist’s bare-shoulder brouhaha reveals frustrating realities
When you're a woman in public, your appearance is open for shaming at any time—even during the morning news
Monday, May 16, 2016 7:44 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Editor's Picks, ktla
Kesha “will not just f**king be quiet and hide,” sexist body-shaming trolls be damned
Women's bodies are always open for comment online, even on a post about fighting depression and an eating disorder
Monday, May 16, 2016 2:57 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, dr. luke
Meghan Trainor fights back against toxic body standards: “They photoshopped the crap out of me and I’m so sick of it”
The singer proves she's all about that waist by yanking her new video after her body was digitally altered VIDEO
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2:50 PM UTC 0Life body positivity, Body Wars
Kendra Wilkinson’s stretch marks: Giving the finger to unrealistic “flaunting her post-baby body” standards
The former "Girl Next Door" shows off her stomach in honor of "my 2 babies" and it is glorious
Monday, May 9, 2016 6:58 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Fit Mom, Heidi Klum
“The Biggest Loser” is a broken fairy tale: Our reality TV obsession with radical transformation needs limits
New research shows drastic measures only make things worse — that doesn't slow down the reality juggernaut
Monday, May 2, 2016 7:47 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Danny Cahill, Diets
To wax or not to wax: a meditation on the bizarre, frivolous, deeply-satisfying things women do to look good
What more evidence of my privilege does one need than my dedicating time and money to this? And yet...
Friday, Apr 15, 2016 11:00 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Editor's Pick
Kerry Washington’s AdWeek fiasco: Magazines keep failing women — readers included
The same week, Amy Schumer fired back at Glamour for their "not cool" surprise plus-size feature
Wednesday, Apr 6, 2016 8:04 PM UTC 0Life adweek, Amy Schumer, Body Wars
My body doesn’t need a cure: Sizeism, classism and the big-business hustle of the clean-eating industry
Healthy living has become a new mode of conspicuous consumption, thin bodies emblematic of one’s social standing
Sunday, Mar 27, 2016 11:29 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, clean eating
Julie Klausner fails to body shame Zendaya
This is not how to show "concern" for girls
Monday, Mar 14, 2016 6:46 PM UTC 0Life Body Image, Body Wars
I wasted decades feeling fat and ugly
All my life people have told me to lose weight or else. At 74, I'm fat, healthy and done apologizing
Monday, Jan 25, 2016 12:30 AM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Editor's Pick
No one told me about the loneliness, the emotional roller coaster, and how to stay sane when I could only eat a spoonful of mashed potatoes
I thought bariatric surgery would solve all my problems; 180 pounds later, I realized I was wrong
Monday, Nov 2, 2015 12:30 AM UTC 0Life Body Wars, depression
I wanted to go as Daenerys Targaryen or The Bride — but, apparently, badass costumes are not for fat girls.
For years, the shapeless undead would be my go-to Halloween look. I wanted this Halloween to be different.
Friday, Oct 30, 2015 11:05 PM UTC 0Life Body Wars, Editor's Pick, Fashion
“Stick person,” “Skinny bitch,” “Giraffe”: Stop bullying me for being thin
I support women of all sizes, but the notion that "real women have curves" has made my life hell
Monday, Oct 12, 2015 10:00 PM UTC 0Life body positivity, Body Wars
Lane Bryant’s #PlusIsEqual campaign: Selling you empowerment, one outfit at a time
Is corporate retail advertising really the right vehicle for an "equality" movement? VIDEO
Tuesday, Sep 15, 2015 3:30 PM UTC 0Life aol_on, Body Wars, Consumerism
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