Watch: 5 women get very, very real about facing body shaming at home

“Nobody loves a fat wife.” “Stop going out in the sun; you just keep getting darker.” “Why won’t you just go wax off all that body hair?” These weren’t the entries in an angsty teen’s diary that would soon be converted into a Meg Cabot bestseller; rather, real women on the worst thing a loved… Continue reading Watch: 5 women get very, very real about facing body shaming at home

Does body-shaming begin at home?

How old were you when you were first made conscious of your body’s flaws? When you were first told that you didn’t measure up to an arbitrary standard of perfection? Okay, I’ll go first. I was 13, scrawny to the bone and learning fast that it was a “problem”. Teenage kids can be harsh, and… Continue reading Does body-shaming begin at home?

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