Archive for the ‘ Body Image ’ Category

Sometimes I get reminded as to why I’m a feminist…

And by sometimes, I mean quite often. A 9 year old girl had to have an abortion because she was raped by her stepfather. You think this would be an open and shut case. She’s 9. She was raped. She’s too tiny to carry a fetus. (actually 2, as she had twins). But nooo. But Marcio Miranda, [ READ MORE ]

Science Shows Men Objectify Women

This study is the least awesome study I’ve ever read. I’ve shouted and complained before about men objectifying women’s bodies. Just the other day I was walking from getting lunch to go back to work and say a man, literally lean 1/2 body out his car and yell at a woman crossing the street “Hey [ READ MORE ]

What Happened To Simply Eating Healthy

she looks like an anorexic ghost… a little… Apparently a new drug to battle obesity would have effects on children’s brains… Other researchers have found that cannabinoid receptor blockers interfere with neural connectivity in rat brains — a phenomenon that in humans is associated with depression. The Food and Drug Administration has refused to approve Acomplia because [ READ MORE ]

Thin on the outside…

Fat on the inside. Some parents actually raise their children to believe that it’s whats on the inside that really counts, not the outside. That doesn’t stick with too many people and then we see people killing themselves to have an ideal outside body. Well now some doctors are saying that the fat that surrounds internal [ READ MORE ]

The Fat Rant

The mass media’s standard of beauty is based around weight. Remember that cover when Tyra Banks was at 160 lbs - and people were making a HUGE fuss over it? The picture I posted is her talking about a tabloid screaming “She’s so fat!” … where she then did a hilarious little “ya’ll are [ READ MORE ]

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