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Bat Wings and Muffin Tops: How Women Play into Their Own Body Shaming

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 05.02.2013 | Women
Sheila Moeschen

Language is never inconsequential. It is too easy to let self-harm pass for comical self-deprecation.

Another Reason Why Your Dress Size Doesn't Matter

The Huffington Post | Nina Bahadur | Posted 04.23.2013 | Women

Thank you, Tim Gunn, for alerting us to this incredible infographic the New York Times created to show us just how meaningless dress sizes are. Th...

STUDY: Does Your 'Body Type' Predict Your Health?

Christina Huffington | Posted 01.30.2013 | Women

It turns out that "body type" is good for more than just finding out what style bathing suit a women's magazine says is best for your shape. A new...

The Serenity Diet: Can You Change Your Body Shape With Your Mind?

Posted 01.03.2013 | OWN

By Thea Singer Buddhist Megumi Okumura learned to meditate as a child, but the 38-year-old physician never connected meditation with her waistl...

Manorexic Mannequins?

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Dr. Susan Albers

Do we see pressure for men to have an "ideal body type" in other ways besides mannequins? Sure. Men are now being subjected to airbrushing in the media to give them the perfect body.

Shoshanna Gruss on Swimwear and Strapless

Amanda Christine Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Amanda Christine Miller

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss talks about her eponymous clothing line, inspired by her own shapely figure, whose mission is to create dresses and swimwear for women of all sizes.