Onslaught: Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty
Well, the latest Dove ad in their Campaign for Real Beauty is out, and it is pretty powerful. Take a minute to check it out, and share what you think!
Want to be a part of redefining beauty?
Raise your voice and demand an end to a narrow beauty mystique. No matter where you have been on the journey to selfhood, start each day with the intention of […]
24/7 with…Rosie Molinary, Writer, Teacher, Author of Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
So, there is a fabulous local mag (local to the Southeast now that it has 8 locations) called Skirt!. Well, the Columbia, SC (where I grew up and where my cute parents […]
Let the beauty revolution begin: Hijas Americanas Launches on June 1st
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 […]
The Kids are Alright Spring 2018
At the end of each semester, my body image students write a process paper where they synthesize their learning- both personal and academic- for the semester. These papers are always […]
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: […]
Go. Spill Your Magic… a letter to my students on the last day of class
Fam, We can say that right? That’s how we are, isn’t it? At the end of all this talk about bodies and the business of beauty, about what we feel […]
The Kids are Alright Fall 2017
At the end of each semester, my body image students write a process paper where they synthesize their learning- both personal and academic- for the semester. These papers are always […]
Love Your Body. Love Your Soul.
Wednesday, October 18, is LOVE YOUR BODY DAY, a day established by the NOW Foundation to remind each of us that our value is not measured by our willingness to embody beauty […]
After Charlottesville
9 years ago today, we learned about this baby boy and, in that moment, our hearts clutched around him, somehow convinced that we were meant to be together. That first day, […]
