A M'ija to Meet: Cari, Puerto Rican
What I love about being Latina: I believe that as Latinas, we women have a certain air of mystique. There is a mysterious nature about our culture or beliefs that […]
Love My Body!
I’ve talked a bit on here and in interviews and workshops about the issue of body image in women of color including the realities of eating disorders and the implications of Hollywood’s portrayal of women. I just came […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Lori
What I love about myself: My sense of humor. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty:I’m never where I think my body should be physically. I like my […]
Heart Matters
So I live in a sweet, little town. A three stop-light, no grocery store kinda town. Except we’re getting a grocery store and people would probably love more stoplights because a […]
Sex, Stereotypes, and Beauty
For 10 years, the National Organization for Women has been engaged in the Love Your Body Campaign: looking at ways that Hollywood, the fashion industry, and the media project images […]
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I am not all that web-savvy, but I did learn how to create an RSS feed for the blog and an email subscription. So go ahead and sign up to […]
A M'ija to Meet: Betsy, Chicana
What I love about being Latina: Big family gatherings — hearing English, Spanish, Spanglish and everything in between! Traveling to new places throughout Mexico and still feeling at home! How […]
And yet so far to go…
I am timing myself on this one. Because I could go on way too long if I allowed myself. The hope I felt when I came across the Newsweek article […]
Rise of the Real People
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I felt a revolution was in the works with regards to pop culture beauty standards, so imagine my delight when I came across […]
Ideas for Mentoring
A friend recently e-mailed to see what suggestions I had for her as she started a mentoring relationship with a girl in high school. Here were my thoughts. I hope […]
