Allure Magazine printed Zoe Saldana’s weight on the cover of their latest issue, causing an internet firestorm. Everyone seemed to have an opinion about the coverline, which read “115 pounds of grit and heartache.” Some felt it was weird, inappropriate and a glorification of thinness while others thought the outrage over the line was an…
Are these seriously the depths to which we have descended as a society, that three young women can be turned away from prom for having breasts?
If news that Octavia Spencer has lost 20 pounds and is now the spokesperson for Sensa, it shouldn’t. Though the Oscar Award-winning actress flaunts her weight loss in a new video for Sensa, a dieting product designed to decrease appetite, she still claims her goal isn’t to be a size 2. “I know I’m never going…
I loved Tyrese in The Fast & the Furious, but he’s is no Dr. Phil and perhaps he should quit trying to be. In his latest interview with AllHipHop.com, the singer turned actor/author launched a brutal tirade against “fat” people. I’d have never guessed Tyrese to be a “chubby chaser,” but I certainly didn’t expect…
Young girls are impressionable, their self-esteems permeable. Media often feasts on girls’ vulnerability by promoting unrealistic beauty ideals. Intrusive insecurities translate from the mirror to the sports world. Six in 10 girls quit sports and activities because of their looks. This is the latest finding from Dove, which has been conducting research on body images…
It’s no hidden fact that the conversation around black women’s health is one buzzing in communities across the nation. But what is more important than just losing weight or toning up is how we embrace different body images. We’ve gathered together four tumblrs that we believe promote positive body images and help extend the belief…
When I was a kid, I wasn’t allowed to have a full-length mirror in my room. My Jewish mother loathed hearing me complain about how fat I was and refused to invest in one. I never made the purchase for myself until I was a freshman in college—and even then my mom questioned whether or…
As we get ready to head into the New Year, no doubt many of us will be making resolutions. While I hope your plans for 2013 include having more fun, pursuing your goals, and seeing the world, I’m sure some will also want to lose weight. While living healthy lives—no matter what the scale says—should…
The New York Magazine article “Every Single Woman in America is now ‘Curvy’” has instantly become the talk of the town addressing how the term curvy came about in describing the gamut of women’s bodies from a size 0 to an 18+. “By democratizing and then celebrating “curvy,” it makes us feel good about ourselves. It means…
When I was around 10, back in the days before marketers had divided every three years of life into a targeted market category (I’m looking at you, “tweens”), I blew the fuck up. I’d been a skinny kid, so skinny my mom was always pushing food on me. For her, food is love. It wasn’t…
