Body Politics

I am working on a new project and I need models who are willing to have their yoni photographed.
I am curious about how women feel about the way their vagina looks.  How it functions.  If they are happy with their vagina or if their opinion has changed over the years about it.  Do you wax?  [...]

There are almost always body related Postsecrets.  Some of them are so sad.  And I can relate deeply with most of them.

I stumbled into the fat acceptance movement back in the late 90s.  At the time I met some great people who were perfectly fine, lovely healthy people with good attitudes about their bodies.  This was mostly via internet – at the time in “usenet groups.”  So, along with the cool and mostly accepting folks came [...]

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I do not begrduge Valerie Bertinelli one bit of happiness for feeling better and meeting goals and eating healthy – though I have no idea what the ingredients in a Jenny Craig meal are.
I’m glad she’s happy.  She suffered a long time hating herself and now she is doing a-ok.  I hope so anyway.  I [...]

I love this video by Mika.  So much fun.  I *LOVE* the outfits the dancers are wearing – sexy and cute!
Now, I want to make it clear that I have love for the skinny and average sized ladies too.  We all should be able to feel good about ourselves. This is one of those anthems [...]

I hadn’t seen this video in a while.  I thought it would fit in pretty well here on Body Politics.  Nobody seems to allow embedding so go HERE to see Stupid Girl by Pink.
(Uhhuh, uhhuh)
Stupid girl
(woo)
Stupid girls
Stupid girls
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don’t wanna be a [...]

In doing research about my last post, I came across this interesting opinion by one writer.  I can’t say that I don’t notice it when a star is called fat then comes back on a cover or event skinnier.  Are they bowing to the pressure?  Are they making it even worse for other women?  What [...]

I don’t rush to the couch and watch Dancing With the Stars, so when I heard on THE NEWS about a fuss being made about Cheryl Burke being fat, I didn’t know who that was.
Looking at photos of the young woman I can see that she did gain weight.  She says five pounds, others say [...]

 
Did you know it’s “Body Image Awareness Week?” I didn’t, until Julia Piscitelli told me. You’d think that would be the kind of thing I’d be…well, AWARE of!  Actually, I learned that it is also being called “Eating Disorder Awareness Week.  So, it would seem it’s both.
Miss. America is speaking tomorrow at American [...]