Illuminate Our Way… a letter to my students on the last day of class
Here is the truth that, even if you walk away with nothing else from this class, you must know: You are not broken. Or maybe the truth is really this: […]
meeting my own body
Warning: possible trigger for those who have experienced sexual harassment or abuse. “My uncle says Puerto Rican girls are F-I-N-E FINE,” he hisses at me, his hands groping for me […]
Price of Beauty Month 2 Update
You might recall that on October 23 I made the commitment to track my beauty spending in a post called . I figured the best way to update you here […]
All Natural Friday Details
This Friday, February 25, we will be celebrating All Natural Friday in my body image class at UNC-Charlotte (and around the world, wherever you are). What is All Natural Friday? […]
Going all natural
I issued the challenge because it was becoming more and more apparent that it would be a challenge. This Friday, my body image class and I will go without any […]
Love Your Body (and win loot)
Love Your Body Day is Wednesday, October 20th, and my goal is to get ALL of you to sign a pledge to be your own body champion. Below, you’ll find […]
Giving Up Beauty
So, I never intended to have a career as a writer and, most especially, did not expect to end up being a positive body image advocate (well, I personally was […]
Operation Beautiful with Caitlyn Boyle
Earlier this year, I discovered Operation Beautiful and blogged about it here. Earlier this summer, Operation Beautiful went from being a global project to also being a book. Now, people everywhere […]
Bodywork
Driving the car through the local township- that bitch of a machine- she catches a glimpse of her beauty starved face in that dingy rearview- its moods dictating […]
