It’s Not About How You Look

Know what breaks my heart? When a friend I haven’t seen for months tells me she was super nervous picking out an outfit to wear for our lunch date. That is NOT how I want anyone to feel, about me or anyone else. Because although I talk a lot about how...

Affection for the Unchangeable

An anonymous commenter had this request: How about a post on learning to love (or a least accept) physical features that you don’t like and can’t change? Big nose, bad hair, weak chin; features that can’t be hidden or made more attractive by careful...

What Your Body Is, What Your Body Isn’t

Perspective is a powerful tool. Because “how things are” is incredibly relative, and how we think about them is key. When it comes to our bodies, we are coached to consider their deficits. They aren’t thin enough, strong enough, sexy enough, young...

Why Caring About Your Appearance Is Valuable to Self-care

There are plenty of people who still believe that style is a frivolous pursuit. Plenty more maintain that caring for and loving your body is a waste of energy and that it’s what’s inside that matters – intellect, creativity, emotions, personality. Here are...

How to Broadcast Body Confidence

In a culture that encourages women to engage in trash talk about their own bodies, in which body confidence is an act of bravery, it can be daunting to consider broadcasting pride in your own physical form. But you CAN do it, even in the face of an oppressive...

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