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3 hot takes on body image, exercise, & eating 🔥
PLUS: A little review of the "naked dating" show that dropped on Max.
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On celebrity 'cosmetic transparency': A Q&A with Jessica DeFino
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Is any woman *not* a little fucked up about her body?
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‘The Whale,’ reviewed by a binge eater
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Just belt it
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Research doesn't make being fat any easier
Can we acknowledge the harms of fatphobia without "well, actually"-ing about health?
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Tired/sad/lazy girl* fitness
Here's how to start working out when it's the last thing you can imagine doing.
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Read this if you don't like exercise
Let's discuss mindset, comparison, and Daria Morgendorffer.
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Target’s vanity sizing reaches new lows
One of the worst offenders of sizing trickery is getting more extreme.
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On body image work and beauty standards across cultures: A Q&A with Elise Hu
"Think about ritual instead of results."
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The agony and the ecstasy of weight loss compliments
Three things to consider about the risky business of discussing someone's body.
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This Barbie is fed up with body policing
We've been so harmed by a thinness-obsessed culture that demonizing weight loss seems like a potential corrective. It isn't.
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Just belt it
On generational silhouettes.
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Look out for what's coming in July!
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Words about body image and the tricky business of the physical self.
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