Meghan McCain Saw A Therapist Because Everyone Was Trashing Her Body
“I don’t even feel like it was a mistake anymore. I don’t really believe in the concept of mistakes. Now I’m very sensitive to any pictures taken of myself at photoshoots and whatever because the...
View Article“Tosh.O” Suggests Dudes Should Grope Women For Laughs!
I’ve never watched “Tosh.O,” the Comedy Central show in which Daniel Tosh offers “Soup”-style commentary on the week’s most entertaining viral videos. But I’m even less interested in watching after...
View ArticleThe Soapbox: On Jessica Simpson, Fat-Shaming & Reclaiming The Word “Fat”
Fat-shaming. Maybe it’s happened to you, or maybe you’ve perpetrated it against someone else. Fat-shaming is making people feel uncomfortable, wrong or bad for being overweight or obese. Some...
View ArticleAlexa Chung On Body Image & How Naturally Thin Girls Can’t Win Either
“I think it’s about time people stopped judging women on their appearance and more on their intellect. Like you can appreciate my style without having to appreciate my weight. It’s not actually...
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Let’s Not Sexualize Baby Onesies, Mmmkay?
Just when you thought humanity wasn’t headed down the shitter after all, novelty store It’Sugar thought it would be a fun idea to sell baby clothes with creepy sexual statements emblazoned on the front...
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Plus-Size Model Robyn Lawley Talks Dangerous Thigh Gaps
Plus size model Robyn Lawley penned a wonderful post on The Daily Beast about the dangers of thigh gaps and “thinspiration.” What I especially liked about her post was that she avoided body shaming of...
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Planet Fitness Tells Woman To Cover Up Her “Toned Body” Because It’s...
I’m feeling outraged on behalf of California’s Tiffany Austin. After recovering from injuries she suffered in a car accident, Austin joined Planet Fitness, whose ads boast of their no “gymtimidation”...
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Dear Fat-Shaming Yoga Teacher, Here’s What Yoga Is Really About
You might be sick to death of me writing about yoga. If you are, my apologies. But there’s one last thing I have to cover before I go back to resting in child’s pose. The other day I saw a friend’s...
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The Soapbox: School Dress Codes Are Vehicles For Body-Shaming And It’s Time...
Remember school dress codes? Did they ever give you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach as a teenager, or did they stay comfortably off your radar? Peggy Orenstein’s opinion piece on the subject...
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Samantha Armytage Calls Out Press For “Trying To Bully Me Into An Eating...
Yesterday, the Daily Telegraph published an article about Australian morning television host Samantha Armytage. The article tried to frame itself as being about her struggling new makeover show,...
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My Friends Deserve Better Than Fat Talk
If you’ve read Tiny Beautiful Things, the collection of responses by The Rumpus’ self-help columnist “Sugar,” aka Wild author Cheryl Strayed, you’ll probably recognize this quote: “Stop worrying about...
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New Movie Perpetuates Body Shaming By Casting Pretty Actress As “Designated...
I have quite a few problems with the upcoming movie “The DUFF.” I’m not usually much of a film critic — so long as I’m entertained, I’m usually happy. Movies are interpreted differently by different...
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Dr. Keith Ablow Of Fox News Says Michelle Obama Should “Drop A Few” Before...
Dr. Keith Ablow, professional douchebag/member of Fox’s “Medical A-Team,” is known for his general assholery and sometimes-shady health advice. On Tuesday, he appeared on the show “Outnumbered” and...
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Lammily, The Average Size Barbie Doll, Does Spring Break RightLammily, The...
Our friend Lammily, the average-sized Barbie doll, replete with stretch marks, acne and what appears to be rosacea, wants to do what all the other cool Barbies are doing: book a trip to Miami and hit...
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Over A Thousand Women To Throw LA Dance Party For Bullied ‘Dancing Man’Over A...
The Internet has been great in 2015 so far. It seems as though we are coming to more of an understanding of how we can really use social media as an incredible way to have fun AND to send a wonderful...
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Those Body-Shaming Onesies Are Back — At NYUThose Body-Shaming Onesies Are...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about some really gross baby snapsuits that were targeted specifically at female babies and read “I hate my thighs.” Now, Twitter’s found them — but not on Wrybaby’s website....
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