“You have within you more love than you could ever understand.” –Rumi When I was pondering the direction I should take my article this week, …
Our Beautiful Stories
Stories are all around us. Television series, movies, plays, fables, and books are only a few examples of how stories collide with our lives every day. …
#FatGirlsCan
Jes Baker is a woman who is making waves with her new campaign: #FatGirlsCan. Baker owns a blog called The Militant Baker, and she advocates for loving your …
Bully by Caroline Lincoln Catlin
your father was an important man. always out on business. big suits. black briefcase. first class. he sent you to boarding school with the rest …
Ugly by Matthew Newton
What is beauty? Webster’s dictionary defines it as “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses …
you have boobs now and this means… by Lydia Wang
men sometimes stare means there are sizes and colors and you look in the mirror and barely recognize your own body morphing and growing. this …
Louise O’Neill on Her Novels and Women’s Issues
A lover of writing and reading since she was young, Louise O’Neill ventures into the industry with her debut novel, Only Ever Yours, which came …
The Truth About Body Dysmorphic Disorder
What is it about our emotional understanding that makes us experience the feeling of not being good enough or not having the shape we feel …
The Thigh Gap
For centuries women have been finding new things to change about their bodies, new ways to “improve” themselves, new standards they feel they need to …