A Body Warrior to Meet: Veronica
What I love about myself: That I am passionate about life, love, and making the world a better place. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty: Society – […]
Be A Body Warrior to Meet
Tuesday’s weekly feature on the Hijas Americanas blog is “A Body Warrior to Meet.” It features women of all ages and backgrounds celebrating their body, beauty, and identity. Would […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Lori
What I love about myself: My sense of humor. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty:I’m never where I think my body should be physically. I like my […]
Sex, Stereotypes, and Beauty
For 10 years, the National Organization for Women has been engaged in the Love Your Body Campaign: looking at ways that Hollywood, the fashion industry, and the media project images […]
Ideas for Mentoring
A friend recently e-mailed to see what suggestions I had for her as she started a mentoring relationship with a girl in high school. Here were my thoughts. I hope […]
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 […]
Revolution Brewing Down Under?
Just came across this article about a movement down under to change the images that young women see in the media. Cheers to another great step in the revolution to celebrate the beauty […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Eleanor
What I love about myself: My imagination – it is very entertaining. My family. My food. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty: I was very, very thin naturally for […]
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 […]
