Body Image

13-Year-Old Wows Classmates And The Internet With Slam Poetry Performance About Not Feeling “Good Enough”

wyskAugust 15, 2017

This past May, 13-year-old Olivia Vella, a then 7th grader at Queen Creek Middle School in Mesa, Arizona, was asked to compose and deliver a slam poem on a topi...

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Flipping The Script: “What If We Judged Men’s Bodies The Way We Judge Women’s Bodies?” [Video]

wyskJuly 30, 2017

Most of us have been subject to unwelcome comments about our bodies doing something as simply as just walking down the street. In this video from ATTN: they've ...

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How Witnessing A Conversation Between Ann Patchett And Roxane Gay Made Me “Hunger” For More

Leah LaRoccoJuly 18, 2017

The evening began with Ann Patchett, author and co-owner of Parnassus Books, asking about her guest’s love for HGTV and then saying, "You write because you want...

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Illustrator Gemma Correll Shows Us What It Really Means To Be “Beach Body Ready”

wyskJune 20, 2017

Every summer we are bombarded with messages about how to get a beach body. Diets and exercise plans are plastered on women’s magazine covers, and fitness expert...

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Pregnancy Drugs Are The New Weight-Loss Fad. Are You Sh*tting Me?

Guest ContributorJune 13, 2017

"We've reached a point where people no longer care about being fit, they just want to look fit, even if it kills them."...

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New Summer Anthem: ‘Thunder Thighs’ By Miss Eaves

wyskJune 12, 2017

Body positive activist and artist Shanthony Exum, aka Miss Eaves, has released the new summer anthem, "Thunder Thighs"....

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What We Tell Our Daughters About Body Hair

Guest ContributorMarch 13, 2017

"At 12, I was content to accept my mother’s implied thesis that this is part and parcel of what women do to be beautiful. At 38, I’m more skeptical about that reasoning and not particularly proud of the vanity it resulted in."...

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Young Filmmaker Takes On Controversial Mandated School BMI Testing In Powerful Documentary

wyskFebruary 27, 2017

“It has become my mission to be a voice for young people who had been profiled and unfairly bullied by these laws.”...

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Tattoo Artist India Amara Perfectly Articulates Why So Many Of Us Get Inked

wyskOctober 26, 2016

"My intention is creating something for someone to wear that empowers them and gives them a better sense of themselves."...

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