Tag Archives: self-esteem
80% of 10-year-old girls in the U.S. say they’ve been on a diet
TweetTell me there’s not something seriously fucking wrong with this fact. This is just one of many that have compelled Miss Representation, SPARK, Endangered Bodies and other organizations to host a 3-day long challenge to encourage the public to push women’s and girl’s magazines to take accountability for their direct impact on the epidemic of [...]
Also tagged Body Image, eating disorders, Girls, Magazines, Media, women, youth Comments closed
Friday Feminist Fuck Yeah: Julia Bluhm
Tweet Julia Bluhm is one bad-ass 8th grader. You may have heard about the petition the SPARKteam activist recently started, calling on Seventeen magazine — in the effort to include real girls in its pages — to feature just one photo-shopped spread per issue. After 30,000 signatures, Seventeen editor Ann Shoket invited Julia to meet on Wednesday — [...]
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Paper-mache Princess.
Originally posted in Community Blog
TweetWork starts at nine. Not enough light to blend this illusion, Not enough time. I blend just enough to be effortless, But not so much that I’m revealed. My pale skin hiding beneath the layers, Waiting to be accepted, not to be concealed. I live as these other people, Laminated, polished and frozen. But somehow [...]
Also tagged Beauty, celebrities, celebrity culture, poetry, raunce culture Comments closed
Quick hit: Hugo Schwyzer on the connection between perfectionism and unhealthy relationships
TweetHugo Schwyzer has been writing a lot about perfectionism of late, because as someone who teaches college-aged women, it’s a problem he comes across quite frequently. In his most recent post on perfectionism, he writes about the belief that he finds among some of his students that unless a woman is approaching physical “perfection,” she [...]
Also tagged Masculinity, perfectionism, Sex, young women Comments closed
Quick Hit: The Upside of Ugly