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Positivity for Every Body
I am chubby. Always have been, probably always will be. I was born chubby, I grew up chubby. I am chubby. I’ve never lived life skinny, or knowing what it’s like to be skinny. My [...]
Eating After Your Eating Disorder
When I was in college (British college, that is—Americans, you'd call it your junior and senior years of high school), I started vomiting from stress. For a few months, I would regularly have to run [...]
Women Are Intriguing with Their Clothes On
Whether it is washing a car in a bikini or crawling across a sandy beach, it’s clear that the world of media represents the phony idea that women are always sexual and that we are [...]
Find, Know, and Embrace Yourself
Sitting in my cozy corner in my favorite donut shop, sipping on hot chocolate and munching a double chocolate cake donut, I stop for a second and appreciate all of the people around me doing [...]
The Twisted Beauty Standards of TV Today
It’s hard to name a show on television that doesn’t have a beautiful woman in it. No seriously, you probably couldn’t name one widely popular TV series whose cast doesn’t consist of at least one [...]
Are You Lonely? That’s Okay.
It's 11 a.m. on Saturday morning and you don't have anything to do. You've read three novels this week, watched all your favorite TV shows, and exhausted your go-to websites. You’ve already exercised. Your room [...]
Head’s Up: Feminism Needs You!
Have you ever wondered why women are called “victims” of rape? Or why rape education seems to be targeted more toward women than men? Why is blue a stereotypically masculine color and pink, feminine? How [...]
10 Signs You Might be an Outgoing Introvert
per·son·al·i·ty [pərsəˈnalədē] , n. the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character. Personality is a lot of things. Sometimes it's positive -- the reason you are magnetic. Conversely, it can have [...]
The Many Definitions of Feminism
I was first introduced to the concept of feminism right around the beginning of high school. I was extremely intrigued by the idea, and decided to look more into the feminist movement. Immediately, I was [...]
Top Ten Things the Media Gets WRONG about Women
10. You’ve been stranded on an island for months, why is your hair perfect? On television shows like Lost, which is about people stranded on a mysterious island, the flawless Evangeline Lilly remains the object [...]
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