Could You Avoid Mirrors for 1 Year? Kjerstin Gruys Did
June 12, 2013 by ADRIENNE TRIER-BIENIEK
Filed under Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Music, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care
This past May sociology PhD candidate Kjerstin Gruys released the memoir “Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at it for a Year.” The book chronicled Gruys endeavor into wedding dress shopping, something that ended with her owning four possible wedding dresses. This experience, and her recovery […]
The Astonishing Sexism of Hollywood and What it Means for Girls
January 16, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. Every once in a while, an article comes out that is stunning in its honesty about a problem that people try to deny exists. On April 11, the New Yorker ran an article about the comic actress Anna Faris which, among other things, revealed the astonishing sexism of the film […]
