Femininity and sexism
June 19, 2015 by Caroline Vetter
Filed under Activism, Empowerment, Finding Your Voice
Why are qualities that are considered stereotypically feminine so often dismissed with negativity? Why is it that crying is weak, and why is it that even now a woman is often the one responsible for affection and nurturing? The only answer I can come up with is that sexism still plays a big role in […]
What If You Were Friends with Ingrid Nilsen or Caitlyn Jenner?
June 18, 2015 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Anxiety, Body Image, Depression, Empowerment, Featured, Freedom, Guys, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, LGBT, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Moms & Sisters, Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Wellness, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
This week I’m so inspired by Ingrid Nilsen. She shared a video about her coming out journey that is really sweet and beautiful. Nilsen courageously wore her heart on her sleeve talking about the inner struggle she experienced. When a friend or family member shares their inner being, let’s be there for them. How can […]
Caitlyn Jenner’s still Ideal Beauty Image
June 5, 2015 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Body Image
Before you tell me how to do it better, before you lay out your big plans for changing, fixing, and improving me, before you teach me how to pick myself up and dust myself off so that I can be shiny and successful—know this: I’ve heard it before. I’ve been graded, rated and ranked. Coached, […]
Interview with actress Julia Cho: I am forging my own path
December 20, 2014 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Bullying, Creative Art, Dance, Empowerment, Exercise, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Wellness, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I am an actor, an American-born child of Korean immigrant parents, and a native of Los Angeles. I am also a founding member of Artists at Play, a theatre-producing collective based in L.A. that presents work by Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists. Can you […]
Low-Fat Love 101: Pop Culture as a Gendered Landscape
March 30, 2014 by Patricia Leavy
Filed under Media Literacy, Self Esteem
I haven’t posted a new blog for a couple of months because I have been finishing up a couple of book projects that have taken up my time. I hope to get back to monthly blog posts here but in the meantime I’d love to share what I have been working on, which in many […]
awww, you’re so cute!
March 11, 2014 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Talking To Kids
46% of 9-11 year-olds are “sometimes” or “very often” on diets, and 82% of their families are “sometimes” or “very often” on diets 42% of 1st – 3rd grade girls want to be thinner 51% of 9-10 year old girls feel better about themselves when they are dieting 9% of 9 year olds have vomited […]
Paying It Forward
March 26, 2013 by Matt Wetsel
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Guys, Males with Eating Disorders
The Spring Lobby Day with the Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) is coming up, and it’s got me reflecting on how I got involved as an activist, writer, and advocate. In 2007, a friend was trying to organize an event for Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and she was trying to get guest speakers to come and […]
You Are Probably Not a Good Enough Feminist
March 19, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Activism, Featured, Freedom, Media Literacy
This Guest Post graciously submitted and re-posted by Kate Fridkis EatTheDamnCake. I’m beginning to have no idea what “feminism” means. Elizabeth Wurtzel wrote this predictably inflammatory essay in The Atlantic about why some fictional-sounding wealthy housewives are responsible for the “war on women.” In it she said, “Let’s please be serious grown-ups: real feminists don’t depend on men.” […]
Heavy Petting
November 21, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, HAES
Sons and daughters are different. That seems like an obvious statement but as the mother of a son, who did my best to raise him in an environment as free from gender stereotypes as possible, whenever I come across evidence of what seems to be a universal difference between boys and girls (genitalia and hormones […]