beauty standards

The recession and body image

By Rosie Molinary on March 29, 2009

I’ve done a few workshops this month in addition to my regular Friday morning seminar on body image and so I’ve been thinking about body image even more than I […]

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Love Your Body

By Rosie Molinary on September 28, 2008

October 15th is Love Your Body Day. One day where NOW wants us all to concentrate on loving our body– not because of what it looks like but because of […]

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Altered Barbie

By Rosie Molinary on August 6, 2008

“Now I spend my time trying to alter the Barbie image by making Barbie into a warrior, a social deviant, fattening her, giving her more muscle,” she says. “Sometimes I […]

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Body Warrior and The Beautiful Women Project

By Rosie Molinary on July 28, 2008

Nancy Bruno is an award winning documentary photographer who captures thirty-five women of all ages in a moment that shows what makes them beautiful in their present moment in Beautiful Women: […]

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Rise of the Real People

By Rosie Molinary on January 30, 2008

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 […]

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2007 Jeers

By Rosie Molinary on January 7, 2008

I would be remiss if I didn’t also name some of the jeers from 2007. So, here are a few things that happened in 2007 that should never happen again… […]

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Five Resolutions to Consider for 2008

By Rosie Molinary on December 31, 2007

I’m a resolver. A lister. A planner. A dreamer. A must do better-er. And I am also a supporter of women, a cheerleader (in the theoretical sense. I tried out for cheerleading […]

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