I’ve always had a problem with body image activists (so much that one particular organization has banned me from commenting on their Facebook page). Sure, they mean good by encouraging more size diversity in fashion, but are their campaigns healthy? Or are they just as bad as having too many tall, thin, blonds? Balance is […]
Last month, we asked our readers: Do you think anti-size zero activists understand that zero can be a “real” size for petites? The results were definitely not surprising: While 31% of you believed that body image activists only had issues with tall, size zero models, 23% of you believed that they don’t quite understand the […]
NOTE: This post is for Body Image Warrior Week, which I am participating in. Many of the points in this post have been written about before on this site, so regular readers, please bear with me . As a short, slim woman, sometimes I feel like I’m not considered “real.” I’ve freaked a lot of […]
If you think “standards” in North America are too thin, you’d be in for a shock when if you compare yourself to this chart from Korea (note: everything is in metric, in increments of 2 cm and height is roughly 5′ to 5’7″), which I discovered while reading a post from Bread, Butter and Champagne. […]
Recently, Jersey Shore’s Snooki announced that she had reached her goal weight of 98 lb. Now, I don’t watch the show – I think Jersey Shore is tacky and low brow entertainment to the core – but I can’t help but find her critics – those who say that she’s “gone too far” when it […]
