BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Body Ownership & Citizenship”

As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Body Ownership & Citizenship (Body Empowerment 65)” originally posted September 3, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline seeks to spark a discussion about body ownership in relation to nationality, government, and citizenship. About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body [...]

Everyday Health Insurance Challenges and What You Can Do To Overcome Them

Reposted from Eating Disorder Law Blog! Challenge # 1: Understanding your policy                                                                                                     [...]

Real Deal Role Model: Lisa Kantor, Attorney Who Fights For Women’s Health

Part of the mission of the Real Deal website is to offer empowering messages, facts and research about body image, media literacy and self-care, but also to provide role models for women — courageous pioneers who make a difference, who share their voices, who help others.  This month’s Real Deal Role Model is Lisa Kantor [...]

Extraordinary Measures to Pay for Eating Disorder Treatment

Re-posted from Kantor & Kantor Eating Disorder Law Blog: http://www.kantorlaw.net/Eating_Disorder_Blog.aspx Annie Seal is a dedicated advocate to insurance reform and eating disorder recovery, although this hasn’t always been her calling.  Annie’s daughter recovered from an eating disorder, but not without a battle from their insurance company.  This is her story, and the story of countless [...]

Weight Bias in the Workplace: CVS Employees Threatened to Reveal Weight or Pay Penalty

CVS Caremark’s new employee health policy requires participants to provide their weight, body fat, and glucose levels…or pay the penalty of $50 per month. This coercive strategy forces employees to pay a fee in order to maintain health-related privacy. The weight centered bias in this plan is clear. “Going forward, you’ll be expected not just [...]

BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Government & Weight Stigma”

As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Government & Weight Stigma” originally posted May 7, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. This video responds to a viewer’s question about government pressures to be thin. The viewer asked, “…With BMI Charts and ‘fat’ labels everywhere and being overweight, I find [...]

Reclaim Your Body, Grow Into Your Edges, Change The World

There are moments in life where the light bulb goes off and suddenly a thousand tiny dots are connected in the flash of an instant.  This moment happened for me over the weekend at BEDA’s 2013 conference in Bethesda, Maryland, as I sat and listened to Carol Munter speak.  I had only ever heard of [...]

Eating Disorders Research

Given that it is national Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW) here in the USA I’m doing my part to raise awareness of so many of the issues. A big one is Eating Disorders Research…or the lack thereof. We have some wonderful people around the world doing some fantastic work in the field and for those [...]

10 Things You Can Do to Promote Eating Disorder Awareness

In support of Eating Disorder Awareness month across the nation, we compiled a list of 10 things you can do in your own community. 1.  Circulate this sheet about Disordered Eating and Living to your friends and help CHANGE the norm in our culture away from disordered lifestyles!  Most importantly, know the Warning Signs that signal [...]

Fashion Weak

Every February New York City hosts an international extravaganza of fashion.  Year after year despite an increasing amount of public protest and outrage about the lack of size diversity of the models, the images associated with Fashion Week remain unchanged.  Recently, however,  Israel decided to ban models who have BMI’s under 18.5%, Denmark  is considering [...]

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