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New Survey: 3 Out of 4 American Women Have Disordered Eating

womeninhisimage wrote 10 minutes ago: On April 22, 2008 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued the following news release: … more »

Tags: Food for Thought

Weight

diaryofarecoveredbulimic wrote 6 hours ago: I was just about ready to go have some supper, but was writing to someone about weight and (I think) … more »

Tags: About Recovery

Mischa Barton Cellulite Scandal

Megan wrote 6 hours ago: Can we write cellulite and scandal in the same sentence?  We aren’t going to post the celluli … more »

Tags: beauty issues, Celebrity, Self Esteem

Can I get a whistle?1 comment

westwardbound wrote 7 hours ago: In high school and college, when men leered at me from truck windows, construction sites, and from b … more »

Tags: exercise = energy, Feminism, Pregnant

Women Over 50—Remember Your Priorities

feistysideoffifty wrote 9 hours ago:  I came across a simple demonstration that really hit home. Some of you may have seen this before b … more »

Tags: Inspiring Each Other

Active changes1 comment

Insane Mind wrote 14 hours ago: First of all, I’d like to apologize. Because of my weird posting/non-posting/deleting-posts. B … more »

Tags: Changes, issues, Oddness of me

Cognitive dissonance, part 3 - or maybe not

Marste wrote 21 hours ago: I love Carolyn Myss.  No, really.  I own most of her books and most of her CD lectures.  I like t … more »

Tags: Cognitive Dissonance, Emotional Health, Mental Health

Link of the eleventh variation

mollymonster wrote 21 hours ago: From the New York times, a tale of a new…or is it old? sub-culture. I had never heard of the … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

FAT Documentary!!! 5 comments

Chrissy wrote 22 hours ago: After a lot of trouble when it came to uploading my personal essay documentary to YouTube, here it f … more »

Tags: Self Acceptance

Eating Disorders Revealed: Interview with High Schoolers Who Used Their Challenges to Inspire Others2 comments

drrobyn wrote 1 day ago: All teens deal with struggles in their lives. It takes a powerful teen to admit she has a problem, … more »

Tags: Body Image Press, confidence, Dr. Robyn Silverman, health, Interesting Press, Powerful Girls, Teens

Belly Dance Motivation4 comments

petiteyogini wrote 1 day ago: After watching this video of Valeria Putitskaya’s drum solo, I really feel like I should pra … more »

Tags: Beauty, Belly Dance, Inspiration, Women

Mmkay, I think I give up.

phayre wrote 1 day ago: So, a couple weeks ago, I decided I didn’t want to lose more weight. I have changed my mind. I … more »

Tags: Anorexia, Food and Drink

The Anorexic Night Jogger.22 comments

tiffabee wrote 1 day ago: So one day a friend of mine and I were driving home, when out of no where I saw this figure that ap … more »

Tags: Eating Disorders, Food, health

Eating disorders are all in the mind.

Ari wrote 1 day ago: Feministing had a wonderful piece about men’s body image concerns, particularly about John Pre … more »

Tags: masculism, Opinion, Sexuality

unstoppable body issues.

barelyvisible wrote 1 day ago: there was a time when i would go to any length to keep my chest from sticking out farther than my st … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

The Power of the Scale Over Girls and Women1 comment

drrobyn wrote 2 days ago: The story: I’m sure you’ve all seen it. Today, I was at the gym and commenting in my h … more »

Tags: Body Image Press, Body Image Research, Dr. Robyn Silverman, Girls, Self-Worth

Guest Writer!! Bloated discusses body issues and boys2 comments

skinnygirlswhothinktheyarefat wrote 2 days ago: No matter what size you are there is one time when the last thing you want is a hand on your stomach … more »

Tags: Guest Writer

more than "Love your body!" bullshit (which isn't really bullshit, but is one line going to solve this issue?)

weedivine wrote 2 days ago: first draft of an essay I needed to write in order to emotionally compose for a paper I’m att … more »

Tags: Fat Acceptance, Feminism

Cheeseburger Rule #11: Fat is not a dirty word 5 comments

tiffabee wrote 2 days ago: For those of you who don’t know, yesterday was International No Diet Day! As I was reflecti … more »

Tags: Culture, Food, health, media