Body Image

Posted on the May 10, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Admittedly, I wear make-up.  Not every day but I wear it when I go into Betty's.  When it feels like an obligation - like I can't go out of the house without it - that's when I pull back...
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Posted on the May 04, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Yesterday, 14-year-old Julia Bluhm hand delivered 25,000 signatures to the magazine's editor-in-chief, protesting its use of Photoshop. During the demonstration, the eighth-grade student and her...
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Ultrasound images of a male (left) and female (right) baby at 6-8 weeks
Posted on the May 03, 2012 by Caitlin Bovard
Penis… Penis…  PENIS!!! All you fellow fans of The Penis Game out there will pick up what I’m throwing down when I say that penises can be pretty funny. We draw them in foggy windows, find them...
Posted on the Apr 30, 2012 by Caitlin Roberts
I have been recently pondering my answer to the question: Why sex? Why do you have such a heavy interest in sex? As opposed to lawn bowling, various types of green teas, nail polish application,...
Posted on the Apr 17, 2012 by Betty Dodson
So I am 15 years old and there is this guy at school that I have a thing with. I am a freshman and he is a sophomore, and he is experienced, but I have barely had any experience. I have never given a...
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Posted on the Apr 12, 2012 by Kasini
On the particular Sunday on which this conversation occurred, I'd tried a new hairstyle where I'd coiled my hair into not one, not two, but three little buns across the nape of my neck. I loved it...
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Posted on the Apr 12, 2012 by Carlin Ross
This comment was posted by Collette: "I have thought quite a lot about body image issues, especially after reading some of Marissa’s posts, and after watching the Bodysex DVD. I started looking...
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Posted on the Apr 11, 2012 by LilithLand
I just finished reading Ashley Judd's article in the Daily Beast. And I had to blog about it. For those who haven't heard, there has been a lot of media speculation over the last few weeks that she...
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Posted on the Mar 19, 2012 by Prose4Hoes
One of the only rules I was given as a writer for D&R was to be honest—even if it’s not flattering. I’ve taken this to heart and have spent the past few weeks mulling over what I wanted to write...
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Posted on the Mar 14, 2012 by Liandra Dahl
Today a man in a restaurant glared at my armpit hair and then shook his head and discussed it disapprovingly with his friend. One hour later a woman on a bus shouted at me "you should shave your...
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Posted on the Mar 13, 2012 by Liandra Dahl
My 11.5 year old daughter told me over breakfast this morning that one of her best friend has started throwing her lunches away to make themselves thin... and so it begins. I promptly emailed the...
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Posted on the Mar 12, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I remember hitting my tween/teen years and suddenly what I ate became dinner fodder for my male relatives.  If I went back for a second helping, there was a comment about bikini season.  I...
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Posted on the Mar 06, 2012 by Marisa Black
Yes, yes, I've heard it before. Sex is active, it's physical.  So if you're in good shape, the sex will be better. There are a couple of things, though, that we should clear up.  First of...
Posted on the Feb 23, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I think this is a profound image in so many ways.  It confronts the double standard of the beauty myth, the obsession to "be thin", and male privilege.
Posted on the Feb 09, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Italian artist/actress Anna Utopia Giordano wanted to show how much the female "ideal" has changed over time. She had the brilliant idea of photoshopping ten famous paintings to conform to the...
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