What has the world come to when women are criticized for how much weight they gain during pregnancy and how fast they lose it? From articles criticizing one expectant mother’s weight gain to those that chide new moms who don’t shed pounds right away, I’m pretty fed up with the policing of womens bodies when…
Dan had a big grin in his profile picture, like he’d just said something super funny. He liked foreign novels, old buildings, and could spell in complete words. He looked like a cute professor. Could this be … my guy? I’d been online dating for a few months – long enough. There were the guys…
How Oprah’s public struggle with her weight affected me.
It’s no secret that Hollywood demands a lot from its performers, mostly from its ladies. Women in the profession often tell stories of the demands placed upon them by executives who want the starlets to alter their appearance. From fad diets to cocaine diets to full-blown eating disorders to weight loss sponsorships and plastic surgery,…
My first thought is to wonder who they are talking too when I hear “Oh you’re skinny now?” lauded in my general direction since they are making eye contact with me. As I register that this confused coworker/family member/classmate/friend is talking to me, my second response is bewilderment. I’m not in denial. I have certainly…
I was a chubby child with a complicated love for fast food and disdain for physical exercise. My mother, in her best attempt, encouraged me to change my diet, asking that I stop eating fast food with my father and instead choose healthier meals that did not include processed food. My mother would cook healthy…
Sunday night film buffs sat glued to their TV screens oohing and ahhing over their favorite stars as they walked down the red carpet at the Academy Awards. Mixed in between the magnificence that was Viola Davis and the dapperness of Diddy, were many young starlets that looked absolutely stunning, but a little on the thin side….
