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Women and Body Image

Thanking, Instead of Apologizing for, Our Bodies

Adia Colar | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Psychology, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Health, Living News
Adia Colar

Recently, I've been thinking about how so many people, but particularly women, apologize for their bodies rather than celebrating how great they really are.

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Shoshanna Gruss on Swimwear and Strapless

Amanda Christine Miller | Posted 12.18.2008 | Style

Read More: Swimwear, Body Image, Body Shape, Body Shape and Self-Esteem, Swimwear Styles, Swimwear and Body Image, Swimwear and Self-Esteem, Women and Body Image, Weight and Body Image, Style News
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.

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Love Your Body Day

Caroline Heldman | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Womens Bodies, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Sex Appeal, Living News
Caroline Heldman

In my experience in college settings, many young women celebrate their object status as a form of empowerment, through bare midriffs, killer cleavage and clothing that screams, "I am a sex object and proud of it!"

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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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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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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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