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 […]
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 […]
Writing Contest for Latinas between 14-21
AUSTIN, Texas – Following a reverse trend in publishing, Latinitas magazine (www.latinitasmagazine.org), the first digital magazine made for and by Latina youth, is augmenting its successful online publications with the […]
Giving Up Beauty: Another I-Mix
So everyday I am provided with a list of terms that people entered in search engines and thus found the blog for Hijas Americanas. The things people enter all over the […]
The Precipice of a Beauty Revolution
When I started work on Hijas Americanas in early 2006, there wasn’t much talk of shaking up America’s beauty standard. I researched, interviewed wonderful, forthright women, and wrote while taking […]
A Round Up of 2007
So, I am working on a body image, beauty perception, and identity cheers and jeers list for 2007. Have some suggestions for who or what should make either list? Send […]
Brooke Shields & Self-Confidence
So, I just made a little bit more of a dent in my backlog of magazines and came across an interview that Fitness Magazine did with Brooke Shields. I especially […]
I HEART J. Love
I was a Party of Fiver. A madly, enamored Party of Fiver. Wanted to be Neve Campbell Party of Fiver. Wanted to marry Matthew Fox. Thought I might ditch him […]
This got me to raise my (formerly mismatched) eyebrows…
I didn’t know people waxed their eyebrows until I was a junior in college (which was actually a while ago so maybe that is just when people started waxing their […]
Immigrant Women Needed for Research Study
Just received this call for participants & thought I would share. Feel free to pass it along to others. Study: Self-Starvation: Qualitative exploration of narratives amongst eating disordered immigrant women of […]
