I Don’t Want to be Attractive, I Want to Stop Existing
I wish I didn’t exist. That sounds extremely negative, but at times it’s very true. It’s different than being suicidal, although admittedly I’ve been there. It’s being exhausted by the sheer weight of...
View ArticlePlayboy Bunny Holly Madison Wanted to Kill Herself
Depression is a serious mental illness that affects 1 in 4 women, including Playboy Bunny Holly Madison. Despite admitting that “…[d]rowning myself seemed like a logical way to escape the ridiculous...
View ArticleTits Equals Tips: The Philosophy of the Service Industry
As a young person working her way through school, it’s only natural I’ve found myself serving and bartending. Despite making a “server’s wage” (lower than minimum), I usually make more than minimum...
View ArticleMy Self-Worth is All Tangled Up With My Physical Strength
Using a tactic I learned from an overachiever friend of mine, I volunteered recently at an event so that I could get in for free, and also avoid the vast bulk of socialization. Just volunteer to work...
View ArticleThe Dirty Problems Behind “Clean” Eating
Content ahead includes discussion of diet, restrictive eating, and disordered eating. Look at any recent diet book, food blog, or Pinterest board from the past year or so and you’ll be sure to find...
View ArticleIf You Hate Fat People For Being Unhealthy, Do You Also Hate Yourself?
I don’t think I have to do much to convince you that fat hatred, or fatphobia, is real. People actively hate fat people all the time. They comment on their bodies and give fat people dirty looks for...
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Learning Not to Hate Myself as a Fat Girl in the Real World
Until two weeks ago, I lived in a bubble. Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, I moved to Asheville, a small San Francisco-esque city in the Blue Ridge Mountains, for college in 2009. From fall 09 until...
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Celebrating Your Body is Never an Excuse For Putting Down Another
As humans, we tend to organize things into binaries; good and evil, men and women, black and white, and so on. Among these is the binary of fat and thin. Of course a spectrum of various body types...
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The 10 Worst Analogies for Sexual Purity
I heard my first misogynistic analogy of sexual purity as a very small child, watching the movie The King and I. My mom has passed down a love of musicals to me and my sisters, so this was one of many...
View ArticleThis Video Will Make You Rethink Every Song You Sing Along To
Yesterday I discovered an internet gem. It’s a video of poet Madiha Bhatti speaking some serious truth in the most beautiful way possible. If you’re like me, you probably have to watch it a couple...
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Is Instagram Deleting Women For Being Fat?
Recently, the social media app Instagram has been under major scrutiny. As the site attempts to maintain a comfortable environment for its users, it ends up deleting profiles it had no right to remove...
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Miss World vs Miss World Muslimah: What’s the Difference, Anyway?
Women have been competing with one another to be the most beautiful for centuries. Beauty pageants like Miss World and Miss World Muslimah have been established based on the notion that there is a...
View ArticleI Will Never Be “The Girl Next Door”
“I am tossed, a grenade harpooned into the streets of Barbie faces. I have a detonation of hair and mutilated features: wide nose, thick lips, and boogie man eyes, deep when they hit the soul. I am...
View ArticlePantene’s “Shine Strong” Campaign: The Same Dove “Real Beauty” Bullshit?
Pantene recently released an ad for their new #ShineStrong campaign telling women, “Don’t be sorry. Be strong and shine.” Reminiscent of Dove’s Real Beauty videos, Pantene’s newest campaign targets...
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Why Rihanna’s See-Through Dress is Liberating (For Me)
Rihanna’s sheer dress has been all over the headlines and social media the past few weeks. It’s one of those outfits that’s more than just a fashion statement. It will become a pop culture phenomenon...
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The Trouble With Tanning: Why Needing a “Natural Glow” is Bullshit
Oh, how society loves to toy with our female minds. We’re supposed to be thin but not too thin, we’re supposed to be sexy but never too sexy, we’re supposed to wear high heels but not the kind that...
View ArticleCan Curly Hair Be Business Casual?
After years of fighting, I’ve finally come to embrace my wavy tresses in all their frizzy glory. It feels good to finally be at peace. Unfortunately, that peace doesn’t translate well to the working...
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“Dear Daily Mail”: Amanda Palmer’s Musical Open Letter to Tabloid Misogyny
It seems you can’t go a week these days without someone publishing a piece on leaked naked photos or a woman showing a little too much skin to the paparazzi. Rihanna, Brittany Spears, Emma Watson, and...
View ArticleFeminism Needs to Calm Down About My Pubic Hair (Or Lack Thereof)
I do not have pubic hair. I got rid of it through permanent laser hair removal because I like my lady garden to be fuzz-free. I am not a victim of the patriarchy. I do not opt for a bare vagina to...
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Why Your Instagram Feed Shouldn’t Cause Fear of Relapse
Trigger warning for discussion of eating disorders #selfie #smile #picoftheday Instagram has taken over my life. You wouldn’t know that if you followed me, as I rarely add any new images, and I haven’t...
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