Girls Body Image

Large and in Charge

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Whether you're colonizing natives in the New World or trying to keep women down without actually having to do anything, it's always good to make the people you control feel that everything is their idea.

Of Barbies, Bratz and Bimbos

Elizabeth Birch | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living


Elizabeth Birch

We can do better than feed a continuous diet of dolls that celebrate eating disorders to our kids, and then wonder why they are expressing a desire to diet as early as third grade.

You can Recover from Chronic Dieting

Colleen Perry | Posted 03.04.2009 | Living


Colleen Perry

If you haven't addressed the "why" for overeating in the first place, you will most likely go back to your old way of eating.

Do You Think Michelle Obama Needs to Lose Weight?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Michelle is a perfect role model for all women. She looks like a strong, fit, self-assured woman who can take on anyone she needs to. She is what our culture barely has words for, "normal-weighted".

Love By The Pound Isn't Love At All

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living


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.

Body Image Issues Start Earlier And Earlier

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


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...