Body Back: How to Make Friends with Our Reflections

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Newsflash, y’all! Kim Kardashian has her body back. No surgery, haters. So stop your finger-pointing and snide headlines, already. US Weekly calls Kim’s “exclusive” picture proof the ultimate revenge for all the post-baby body bashing stories. And as far as the media (and a large segment of our body conscious society is concerned), that’s all [...]

Celebs on Beauty & Body Image

Gabourey Sidibe

Go ahead. Stop what you are doing right now and look in the nearest reflective surface. Ignore the mean girl in your head and the things she always says because the mean girl is a bitch and it’s time to tell her to shut up, already. Instead, focus on the positive. One positive. And then [...]

This is What Happens When You Let me Blog When I Should Be Sleeping

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And for the record? This is me. Without make up. Or the damn I’m supposed to be giving about the fact that I don’t have any on.   Pauline Campos contributes to Funny Not Slutty, Owning Pink, and 30 Second Mom. She blogs three times a week at Aspiring Mama (or when she remember to [...]

Ducks, PhotoShop, and Truth in Advertising

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Let’s talk numbers, shall we?   – 42% of girls in grades 1-3 want to be thinner – 51% of 9-10 year old girls feel better about themselves when they’re dieting – 53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies; by the time they’re 17, 78% of them will be – By [...]