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“Fat Girl” Halloween Costumes at Walmart?!

Yesterday, the internet noticed that Walmart was selling plus-sized costumes under the name “Fat Girl Costumes.” Wow…just wow. The retail giant has since changed their website listing, but the aftershocks of the glaring error continue…
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Mod Cloth Makes Moves to Improve Advertising

Popular fashion retailer ModCloth has decided to take a stand against unrealistic fashion advertisements.  As the first company to sign the “Truth in Advertising Heroes Pledge,” they have made a voluntary vow to no longer use overly…
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Turning Summertime Stress Into Smiles: 5 Ways to Cultivate Happiness

“Happy girls are the prettiest girls.” — Audrey HepburnHepburn was right, and that loveliness has little to do with shape, size or appearance. In a world where negative terms like “bikini body” run rampant, summer isn’t often the…
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B.E.A.U.T.Y

Since we tend to hear the word beauty used so much nowadays, I want to share what beauty is to me. I wrote an acronym for B.E.A.U.T.Y which stands for “Being Eternal Always Unique Truly Yourself.” What does the word “beauty” mean to…
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Do You Know the Truth behind Today’s Health Fads?

In today’s society, there is a plethora of diets and health fads that take the media by storm. Some are short-lived like the Atkins Diet, while others stick around like gum on a telephone pole. But all-to-often the diets in the media focus…
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Actually, Telling Your Child She (or He) is Fat is Not the Best Thing Ever

This week, Time published an online article entitled in its “Ideas” section, “My Mother Told Me I Was Fat, and It Was the Best Thing Ever” in which author Charlotte Alter recounts a conversation her mom had with her at the age of twelve…
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall . . . Why Is The ‘Me’ I See In You Not Who I Am At All?

WordPress has a number of interesting features for bloggers who use its platform.  One of them is the ability to track how many people visit your blog every day and what posts they look at.  Recently, I noticed that an entry I re-posted…
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Who’s the Biggest Loser? All of Us.

Once again, the Biggest Loser is drawing criticism after the announcement of season 15 winner, Rachel Frederickson. According to the show, Frederickson lost nearly 60% of her body weight over the course of the season. Now fans and critics alike…
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How to find your way back to your body

When you’re struggling with an eating disorder and body dysmorphia, you and your body literally live on two different planets, you’re so far apart, so disconnected, so estranged.You probably believe your body is ugly, repulsive, basically…
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Weight Loss Companies Charged with Fraud – “It’s About Time”

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged several weight-loss companies with fraud and, to be honest, it’s about time. The products in question – Sensa Products, L’Occitane, HCG Diet Direct and Lean Spa – are just a handful…