I will very rarely use this blog as venue for soliciting money from you all, but what better place to inform you of my charity of choice than here? Why, it’s even a VERY feminist cause: The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer! This year will be my 6th 39.3-mile walk and my 6th time raising [...]
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Tag Archives: Health
On Body Image: Men and Advertising
I strongly believe that it is just as important to discuss how men appear in advertising as it is to discuss how women appear in advertising. Men suffer from body image issues just as women do, often as a direct result of the bombardment of images from the media. You’ve got your total binary here: [...]
On Body Image: An Admission
I’ve admitted before that I’m skinny. Today, I’d like to admit that I work out and track the food I eat. I don’t work out as much as I used to. In college, it was at least twice a day. While at my first job, it was at least once a day. Now that I [...]
The Undomestic Goddess on New Year Resolutions
Today’s guest post on body image comes from Amanda ReCupido. You can read more on her blog, The Undomestic Goddess, and you can follow her on twitter. This post is a cross post from her blog. As mentioned, I’m doing some self-reflection this year thanks to the recovery of my childhood diaries. I came across [...]
On Body Image: More of Me to Be Friends With
Today’s post is a guest post from Trelk. You can find his blog here and follow him on Twitter here. Today I have decided to voice a problem I’ve had for some time. Body image. We all struggle with it. Not just overweight women, not just women. Everyone. Sure there are those who really are [...]
On Body Image: Sara Jacobsen
This post comes from one of my former students, Sara Jacobsen, and I could not be more proud of her! By no means would I consider myself a vain or pretentious person. I am, however, well aware that when based strictly on appearance, I am more fortunate than some. Not-so fondly do I remember my [...]
On Body Image: How Confidence Affects Self Image
I find it sort of ironic that just a few weeks ago, I kicked off a new series on body image. Why? Because this week, my self image has been the lowest it has been in a while. I’m not saying I hate myself. No way. Not even close. But a few things have happened [...]
On Body Image: Danine Spencer
This post on body image comes from the wonderful, talented, and beautiful Danine Spencer. You can find her blog at http://danine.net/ and follow her on Twitter at @DanineSpencer. There are lots of reasons to hate my body. I’m overweight. I’ve had acne since I was seven years old. I am prematurely graying. I need a [...]
On Body Image
OK, in the interest of full disclosure (and I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again): I am skinny. I’m not saying this or showing you this for any reason other than just to set the stage for this post. There are quite a few people who know me personally who read this blog, [...]
