After being surrounded by women who constantly complained about how “fat” they felt, Jacqueline Barco found herself joining the club. She discusses how women can stop spreading the “fat talk” and move forward. In Kerry Cohen’s Why Can’t We Talk About Our Own Body Hatred? article published here, she talks about the issue of women […]
When single, straight men choose to live together, we see them as childish…but why? Last week, The New York Times did a story about a seemingly curious phenomenon: four unmarried straight men, not related to each other and approaching 40, who have lived together for 18 years in various apartments in New York City. On […]
Jenn Leyva challenges you to stare at the bodies of the Olympic athletes, but rather than judge or criticize any perceived “flaws” like so many others are doing, just simply be amazed by the human body’s abilities. In general, I’m not a fan of sports. I grew up going to baseball games, soccer games, football […]
Emily Rapp, who wears a prosthetic leg, asks if the Paralympics serve to further the “othering” of bodies with disabilities, as she’d like nothing more than for everyone to acknowledge that we’re all on this physical journey together. “Oh, is that like the Special Olympics?” This is often the response I hear when I tell […]
Sure, we all know we should love our bodies just the way they are, but Kerry Cohen says that’s simply not the case for most women. So why can’t we talk about our own body image issues without being judged? I used to have a friend who owned a second-hand clothing store, and she grew […]
Julia Goldberg was miserable in her career and refused to let it define her anymore. So, terrified, she quit, and finally found an answer to the question: “What do you do?” I spent the better part of this week searching futilely for journal entries from April 2011, the month I left my job of 10 […]
Navigating her new role as a wife, feminist Ashley Lauren Samsa finally figured out that cleaning your house doesn’t automatically make you June Cleaver. The personal is political. As a feminist, this has been my mantra for years, so when I decided to get married, I wanted my marriage to reflect what an equal partnership […]
Lynn Beisner’s mind and body had long been at odds, until a near-death experience forced her to begin treating her body like the beautiful, miraculous machine that it is. A couple of weeks ago I nearly killed myself because I am fat. I don’t mean that I tried to commit suicide; I mean that I […]
