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 […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz The woman who graced the No-Anorexia ad in 2007 has died from complications of the very disease. Isabelle Caro, 28, appeared in the above ad which coinicided with Milan Fashion Week that year. Once again, critics are blaming the fashion industry for promoting the disease and are ranting about how size zero […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz Bloggers in the petite blogging community, which is growing each day, started to post regular “petite fashion challenges” back in late August. Participants are encouraged to find and put together outfits, take pictures of themselves and post them on their blogs. The host blog will then post links to participants’ blogs on […]
