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 […]
Rise of the Real People
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 […]
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 […]
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 Body Warrior to Meet: Lynn
What I love about myself: When I was in college, a mentor of mine picked one word to describe me: tenacious. Recently, a girl I mentor said that when she […]
Boosting your confidence
At book events, I am often asked how women can support one another in boosting confidence. I mentioned a few ideas in my suggestions for 2008 Resolutions (which Fighting Windmills […]
What Confucius said about beauty
I just came across an article by Fatima Chowdhury on body image in India. Below is an excerpt. Check the whole thing out here. Confucius once said: ‘Everything has beauty,but […]
Blogging Naked
So, my to do list this morning started with “Blog Naked” which, fortunately since it is cold in our little cottage this morning, does not mean that I am blogging in 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 […]
2007 Cheers
In the fall of 2006, I became convinced that we were on the precipe of a beauty and body standard revolution. That the standards were about to be shaken up […]
