Body Politics

Does my sash look big in this? We meet the size 16 Miss England contender
By JENNY JOHNSTON
Last updated at 08:49 27 March 2008

Later this year, Chloe Marshall and her wobbly bits – of which there are a few, she cheerfully admits – will stand in line with an army of potential beauty queens in bikinis, [...]

Apprentice star Claire Young: ‘My killer high heels wrecked my spine – and left me in agony’
By Amanda Cable
Last updated at 10:47 PM on 25th August 2008
Claire Young strutted to television fame as a finalist on this year’s The Apprentice wearing her trademark four-inch high-heeled shoes.
A fast-talking, tough businesswoman, it appeared that nothing could floor [...]

From Postsecret this week:

I realize the girl spelled lose wrong, but I thought the card was really important.

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Dove has some great commercials that help us look at our bodies in a positive light.  That’s true.  However, do they believe in what they are advertising?  Does any major corporation? I’m beginning to wonder.  I was a big fan of the Dove commercials and some of them have even won awards.  That’s [...]

I’m not sure why lead singer of Gossip, Beth Ditto  is the fat “It Girl” of the moment.  Maybe it’s just because she’s just cool period and would have been noticed fat or not.  Either way, if she can bring some sense of reality about the shape of women even to the likes of AskMen.com, she must be [...]

I tried to leave a comment on artist Mister Reusch’s site, but the image was broken where you put in the key word so it will filter you out if you are spam or prevent you from leaving one if you are just a bot or whatever.  However, with the image broken, I couldn’t see [...]