6 Depressing Ways Women Are Made To Feel Like Their Bodies Are ‘Wrong’ Chrissy Stockton “ Almost every image you see is altered in some way so that the person in it appears more attractive. Meanwhile the images you see of your own body are not altered.
When Your Body Is Your Enemy Mimi Alas “ Things will get better. I wish I could tell you how or when, but that is something that it’s hard even for me. I’m not sure how things will turn, but I promise you that things will get better.
What I Regret Not Saying To You When I Had The Chance Jas Dunn “ What you don’t know is that my dress size changed and my skin ached and my body was exhausted from trying to be something I thought you wanted.
The Ugly Truth About Insecurity (And Why It’s Perfectly Okay To Feel It) Rose Goodman “ Nobody gets to tell you how you feel, nobody gets to take away your emotions or experiences. Nobody gets to tell you how to heal or cope with any of the shit that you’ve been through. Just because you look a certain way or act a certain way, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t an entire person you keep hidden from the world.
Just Eat More: For Skinny Girls Ngozi Cole “ This is for skinny girls, who are not supposed to have body image issues, and dare not complain about their insecurities. This is for skinny girls who binge eat in the hope of finding their fullness.
Is Barbie Responsible For America’s Debt Problem Too? James Swift “ For all the criticisms of promoting unrealistic standards of beauty, how come no one ever harps on the Barbie line for promoting equally unrealistic standards of spending?
The Most Damaging Body Shamer Is Not Who You Think It Is Stacey Herrera “ These seeds were planted. Every time I was told that I “had a pretty face,” but I should lose weight, those seeds grew. All the times I was made to feel that my weight was a problem that needed to be solved, those seeds sprouted.
Dear Nicole Arbour: I’d Rather Be Fat Than Be You Kendra Syrdal “ You are the person who has made “fat” the worst thing someone can be. Not cruel, uncouth, unintelligent, ignorant, impolite. Just fat. That, according to you, is the bottom of the barrel.