A Body Warrior to Meet: Lindsey
What I love about myself: My love of being a parent and ‘teacher’ to my children My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty: practicing and believing in […]
Self-care and eating disorders
The headlines yesterday morning announced a new Miss America. Today, they told us that she once suffered from an eating disorder. There was a period when I was in high […]
More than skin deep
“It’s about seeing the person first rather than forming ideas of who she is because of the way she looks.” Just came across this interesting article about a project in […]
Exporting Body Dissatisfaction
When you think about what Western culture exports, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t body dissatisfaction. But a recent study shows that our Western media is playing […]
A M'ija to Meet: Adele Nieves, Puerto Rican and Spanish
What I love about being Latina:I love all things Latin. The food is delectable; the culture is colorful and rich; the people are strong and beautiful; the language is romantic […]
A book for your teenage daughter
Last week, a comment on the blog led me to a new book out that’s getting an incredible amount of buzz. Written by Nancy Amanda Redd, a former Miss Virginia, […]
Revolution Brewing Down Under?
Just came across this article about a movement down under to change the images that young women see in the media. Cheers to another great step in the revolution to celebrate the beauty […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Eleanor
What I love about myself: My imagination – it is very entertaining. My family. My food. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty: I was very, very thin naturally for […]
34 Things to Do Before Turning 35 Part 2
I bet most of you have heard of the new Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman movie, The Bucket List. In it, Nicholson and Freeman play terminal cancer patients who […]
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I am not all that web/ tech savvy, but today I learned how to create an RSS feed and how to allow you to subscribe to the Hijas Americanas blog […]
