Black Women and Fat and a Photo of a Girl Wearing Someone Else’s Face
April 1, 2013 by Tracy
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Healthy Eating, Media Literacy, Weight Stigma
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Kate Fridkis. It is not totally rare that I am moved to tears, but this time it was for a good reason. I was standing in a sleek little gallery on the Lower East Side, music beating in the background, as I looked at an enormous photograph of a little black girl [...]
My Body Finally…..A Video Message
January 10, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Melissa King Struggles with body image affect women of all shapes and sizes. Body consciousness is not just about weight and shape, but it includes skin color, skin tone, hair, eyes, etc. It is made up of all the things so many of us worry about and try to [...]
Do We Have Secret Fat Envy?
January 8, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Males with Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Obesity, Weight Stigma, Wellness
This guest post graciously submitted by Virginia Sole-Smith Rebecca DiLiberto (producer/executive editor of The Ricki Lake Show, which my inner ’90s child is randomly a bit excited about although I usually consider myself strictly an Ellen girl) has a post up over on Huffington Post called Why You Can Have Everything You Want (Even Though You’re Fat). [...]
It’s Dr. Deah ja Vu All Over Again (4)
December 31, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Self Esteem, Weight Stigma
Every January, for the past 4 years I have posted this video on my Facebook page. Each year I hope it will be obsolete. Each year I DREAM it will be the last time I blog about this and I will get flooded with emails, texts (and now tweets @dr_deah ) begging me to, “Drop [...]
Strange Bedfellows
October 12, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Obesity, Recovery, Role Models, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care
This is the second piece I have written in honor of the NOW Foundation’s 15th annual Love Your Body Day taking place on Oct. 17th. If you are interested in participating in a two week NOW fundraiser in honor of Love Your Body Day visit About Curves and find out how you can help! Many [...]
Jennifer Livingston, Caroline Rothstein, Katie Couric, Lady Gaga — Body Image Warriors
October 2, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Weight Stigma
Another public personality stands up to bullying due to weight bias and stigma. News reporter Jennifer Livingston in LaCrosse, Wisconsin stood up to a bully who had the audacity to write to her about her appearance. Watch it, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIwBwJzl5eI&sns=em Her message is clear: it is time to stand up to bullies regardless of who [...]
From Fat to Phat
October 2, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Weight Stigma
This week, Real Deal’s very own Caroline Rothstein added her voice to Lady Gaga’s Body Revolution mash-up after Lady G bore the truth of her eating disorder and struggle with body image to the masses and encouraged everyone to claim their true body and self — warts and all. To flip through the onslaught of [...]
Self Care and Weight Stigma
September 20, 2012 by Becky Henry
Filed under Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Freedom, HAES, Healthy Coping, Mental Health, Obesity, Parents, Self Esteem, Stress Management, Weight Stigma
Hi all, this will eventually be two separate posts but for now both things are of equal and related (in my world) importance. SELF CARE Last week I went on a retreat called: Deep, Rich and BOLD put on by Thea Sheldon for women who are up to big things. I laid down some pain I’d been holding [...]
Your Body or Your Life
September 9, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Activism, Body Image, Bullying, Fat Acceptance, Featured, HAES, Mental Health, Obesity, Suicide, Weight Stigma
I am mesmerized by the human brain. The old Euell Gibbons (or was it Marlin Perkins?) Mutual of Omaha cliches about the “wonders and miracles of nature” do not even come close to describing the remarkable capabilities of what some call our sexiest organ. My attachment to my brain is increasing exponentially as I age. [...]
The Real Me Photo Shoot
August 9, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, HAES, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Yoga, Yoga Therapy
So, over the last year, I embarked on a challenge for myself … to experience more “yield” in my life and less “push.” In so doing, I resisted going to the gym for an entire year (read more about that here). Going to the gym (for me) means “pushing” — running, sweating, grunting to lift [...]
