Want to love your body? Respect it first
On Wednesday, the NOW Foundation celebrated its 14th annual Love Your Body Day, which organizers say is “a day when women of all sizes, colors, ages and abilities come together […]
Category Archives: Fascist Beauty Standards
The power and politics of height
I’m tall. There is no way around it. I’m really tall. I’m so tall that my height is often one of the first things people comment on when they see […]
My anti-‘perfection’ manifesto
Last night, I wrote an essay inspired by my friend Marissa Falco’s zine, in which she talks about finding the humanity in imperfect art. I found this idea particularly resonant, […]
What does it mean to have an athletic body?
Autumn over at The Beheld wrote a post yesterday entitled “On Athletic Bodies,” and I found it very thought-provoking. Here’s the meat of her post (although I think you should […]
Fighting the sneaky self-hate spiral
(The title is a take-off on Hyperbole and a Half’s “Sneaky Hate Spiral,” which pulled me out of a Sneaky Sad Spiral last week. Credit where it’s due!) The first […]
Down with cankles, batwings and muffin tops!
Oh Tim Gunn. I normally think you are the bee’s knees, all suave and proper with just the right amount of bite, but you need to excise the word “cankles” […]
You want me to pay $118 for WHAT?
When I saw this post on Jezebel about Athletic Spanx that cost more than $100, my first thought was, WTF? Except it was not just WTF, but a WTF in […]
Is losing weight anti-feminist?
I came across a post at A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss – and by the way, I love this blog and think it is worthwhile reading even if […]
Ugly feet, bruised knees and other badges of honor
There is no getting around it – I have gross feet. I don’t mean that my feet are gross in that vague way that most feet are gross – because […]
