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How a Pro-Life VP Will Make You Feel Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Bristol, Equality, Women's Rights, Love Your Body Day, Eating Disorders, Mccain, Planned Prenthood, Choice, Sex Education, Weighting Game, Thin, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Bump, Nicole Kidman, Palin, Sarah Palin, Brown University, Body Image, Food, Locker Room Diaries, Celebrity, Pro-Choice, Blogging, Trig, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Isn't there a strong parallel between other people dictating my right to reproduce and other people dictating what I should look like?

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The Ugly Truth About "America The Beautiful"

Darryl Roberts | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Fasion Industry, America the Beautiful Movie, Britney Spears, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Female Body Image, Fashion, Beauty Industry, Ted Casablanca, Chicago News
Darryl Roberts

When I set out to make my film "America the Beautiful," one of the first things I did was ask 200 women if they felt attractive or possessed a healthy attitude about their bodies--only two said yes.

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The Skinny On The Latest Skinny

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Love Hewitt Weight Loss, Jennifer Love Hewitt Magazine Covers, Body Image, Living News
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

A few months ago, we appeared on GMA Now and right here on the HuffPo to talk about the crazy story of size 2 Jennifer Love Hewitt being called fat. ...

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So Many Boys, So Little Chance

Leslie Goldman | Posted 09.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Skin, Underwear, Fun, Body Image, Parade, Gay, Boys, Pride, Tolerance, Chicago, Chicago News
Leslie Goldman

I don't know what you all were doing last Saturday at 3pm, but me? I was surrounded by hundreds of half-naked men wearing teeny little bikini briefs, ...

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Love By The Pound Isn't Love At All

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Girls Body Image, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

His name was ... well, nevermind. I'll just call him Mr. X -- because I'm sure every woman has had a Mr. X in their life. You know, that boyfriend who is completely looks-obsessed. Not about his looks, but about the woman's. My particular Mr. X was focused on finding fault with my weight.

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Can an Anorexic Woman and an Obese Woman Be Best Friends?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Acceptance, Women, Anorexic, Obese, Body Image, Hatred, Fat, Movie, Weight, Film, Disfigured, Movies, Style News
Leslie Goldman

The opening dialogue of disFigured moves into a rare plotline that I found shockingly real, touchy, emotional, humorous and hurtful, and introspective for viewers heavy and thin alike.

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Stretch Marks: Fashion Accesory or Faux Pax?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Celebrity Babies, Lucky Strike, Jennifer Garner, Belly, Angelina Jolie, Pregnancy, Stretch Marks, Private Bowling Party, Miami, Celebrities, Deelishis, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Here's something you don't see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tuc...

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Stop Calling Scarlett Johansson Fat

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Skinny, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Fat, Hollywood, Axe Body Spray, Volutuous, Curvy, Thin, The Gap, Starlets, Body Image, Chubby, Justin Timberlake, Size 2, Size 10, Style, Media News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Scarlett, I'm sure you are healthy in a WebMD sense but certainly not in the way that reporters mean it. You partly earn that curvy label by your impressive chest. But I feel compelled to inform you that you are not a "regular girl."

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Cindy McCain: Pretty in Pink

Leslie Griffith | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Cindy Mccain Newsweek, Newsweek, Michelle Obama, Princess Diana, Body Image, Cindy McCain, Women and Body Image, Photoshopping, Living News
Leslie Griffith

Cindy McCain is no dummy: she's the chairwoman of her own company and the age of most grandmothers, so why did Newsweek make her look as if she is just another Paris Hilton-ized size two?

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Sir Mix-a-Lot Hearts Kate Beckinsale

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Daily Mail, Allure Magazine, Self Esteem, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Women's Self Esteem, Body Image, Insecurities, Ali Larter, Kate Beckinsale, Women and Body Image, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Bombshell Kate Beckinsale denounced her derriere, supposedly asking for a $2,000-a-day body double to stand in for her, um, more scenic scenes in her new film.

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Angelina Jolie Uncensored -- But Not Unairbrushed!

Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Women, Angelina Jolie Pregnant, Body Image, Trista Rehn, Pregnant, Locker Room Diareis, Belly, Scar, Angelina Jolie, Christina Aguilera, Stretch Marks, Empathy Belly, Angelina Jolie Pregnant Twins, Media News
Leslie Goldman

Photoshopping pregnant women for magazines presents an unrealistic portrayal of pregnancy that could make everyday pregnant women feel badly about their own bods

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A Bad Week For Body Image

Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Girls, Skinny, Australia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Weight, Cliques, Queen Bee, Teenagers, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Club 21 is an elite clique to which high school girls at St Patrick's College can belong. The thinner the girl, the prettier and more popular she is assumed to be and the higher her rank, from 1 to 21.

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"We're Talking About TMZ, Which Is A Third-Rate Gossip Site": CNN's Carol Costello, Internet Expert

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Scarlett Johansson Us Weekly Lawsuit, Cnn, Reliable Sources, Jennifer Love Hewitt Bikini Pictures, Body Image, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Love Hewitt Bikini, Jennifer Love Hewitt Hawaii, Jennifer Love Hewitt Fat, Julia Allison, Media News

Why is it that when Jennifer Love Hewitt complains of unwanted attention she asked for it, but when CNN's Carol Costello complains of the same thing it's "offensive"?

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Body Image Issues Start Earlier And Earlier

Daily Mail | ALISON SMITH-SQUIRE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Girls Body Image, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Sexism, Living News

Harrriet Buck sympathises with others who battle with their weight - after all, she knows only too well just how hard it is to live with an "imperfect...

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Plastic Surgery's Frightening New Frontier: "Mommy Makeovers"

New York Times | NATASHA SINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Post-Pregnancy, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Prenancy, Living News

DR. DAVID A. STOKER, a plastic surgeon in Marina Del Rey, Calif., has a surgical cure for the ravages of motherhood. He, like many plastic surgeons na...

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