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in Happiness, True BeautyWhat would you change about your body? #Iamcomfortablebecause
If you could flip a switch, what one thing would you change about your body? Would you want bigger eyes? A smaller waist? Maybe to be just a little bit taller? Or would you want a mermaid tail? More
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in Body ImageOur Girls’ Self Esteem + Future Success
What low self esteem + poor body image is doing to our girls’ future success, and what to do about it. More
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in True BeautyModCloth Takes Pledge Against Photoshopping
SF-based ModCloth takes the Heroes Pledge for Advertisers against photoshopping , supporting better body image campaign… More
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in True BeautyWill Project Runway feature size 12 models? Tim Gunn hopes so!
Will Project Runway feature size 12 models? Tim Gunn hopes so! More
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in Healthy Habits, True BeautyIs body image inherited? Watch this moving video.
Do you struggle with body image issues? Did your mother or grandmothers do the same? In this moving video, a teenager talks about the roots of her own issues with food. More
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in Happiness, Healthy Habits, True BeautyLet’s Talk Body Image!
Body image can be a tricky topic, especially if you’ve struggled with food and body image issues in the past. There’s a certain stigma attached to body image issues, and I think that’s one of the reasons that this problem is so prevalent. We don’t feel like we can talk about it. Our issues with food or with what we see in the mirror make us feel ashamed. More
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in Designers + Brands, Sustainable Fashion, True BeautyAbercrombie & Fitch Won’t Hire “Fat Chicks”
…and they don’t make clothes for plus sized women, either.
Furious? So am I! More
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in Feelgood Quickies, Happiness, Healthy Habits, True BeautyFeelgood Quickie: Startling Facts on Female Body Image
Startling facts about female body image emphasize the ongoing struggle with body issues. More
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in Celebrity Style, Happiness, True BeautyWhat do models look like without Photoshop?
We know that the beauty industry relies heavily on Photoshop to deliver an idealized depiction of what women look like or maybe what they think we should look like. So, what do those fashion models look like before any color corrections, blur tools, or healing brushes? More
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in HappinessThe Real Girl Belly Project
XOJane was tired of the impossibly thin supermodels in magazines with unattainable bodies. She put out a call to readers asking them to send in photos of their real girl bellies and one thing that they liked about them. The response was overwhelming, and she has so far published two galleries of real girl bellies. More
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in Designers + Brands, Happiness, Sustainable Fashion, True BeautyNancy Upton and the American Apparel “Booty-ful” Campaign
Nancy Upton answered the call to American Apparel’s plus size model campaign, but it wasn’t what they wanted to hear! More
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in Happiness, True BeautyWhat is a “Real Woman?”
When I called her a “real woman,” I was referring to the fact that she wasn’t overly photoshopped, but several commenters made a really great point about something else implied by that headline: did that mean women who don’t look like Lizzie aren’t real? Of course not! Today, I wanted to celebrate real women. More
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in Feelgood Quickies, Happiness, True BeautyHealthy is the New Skinny!
Healthy is the New Skinny is all about promoting a healthy body image in the fashion industry from the inside. They focus on what they call “natural models,” or models that look like real women. Their website is full of stories from women who’ve risen above the culture of the fashion industry. More
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in True BeautyChanging the Mirror, Mirror Game We Play
We could all use a little more focus on seeing beautiful. Mirror, Mirror games don’t help us see beautiful. More
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in Summer, True Beauty, UncategorizedCalifornia Proposes Banning Teens From Tanning: What Do You Think?
Should tanning beds be banned for teens, no one, or everyone? What do you think about tanning and body image? More
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in Healthy Habits, Natural Beauty, True BeautyTrue Beauty by the Numbers
My first thought when I saw this video was that it really underscores how important it is to choose healthy beauty supplies for our bodies, but I think there’s a much stronger underlying message: why are we slathering all of this stuff on our bodies in the first place? More
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in Natural Beauty, True BeautyStephen Colbert Busting the Beauty Industry
Last night’s Colbert Report had a hilarious, eye-opening segment about a new Unilever campaign. More