The Hijab: Can it Promote a Healthy Self Image?
By Sharon Haywood, Co-Editor Several years ago while traveling through Malaysia, I had the opportunity to visit a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital. Despite my modest dress (a long flowing...
View ArticleHow I Survived a Week Without Make-up
By Pia Guerrero, Co-Founder/Editor My step-mother, Maria, and my dad have had a 20+ year running joke. Somehow or other the subject of beauty and make-up arises over the dinner table every time I...
View ArticleWhen We Were Free To Be: Revisiting A Classic
By Amy Jussel, Shaping Youth Last year marked not only the 40th Anniversary of Title IX changing women’s sports forever, it was also the 40th Anniversary of the cycle-breaking, movement-making pop...
View ArticleThis Summer, Can We Say No to the Body Police?
By Jess Frankovich Where I’m from, it gets cold. And it snows. A lot. So on the first day it gets above the freezing point, the locals naturally get excited. We dust off our shorts and tank tops. We...
View ArticleTransforming Negative Body Image Into Body Acceptance
By Camille Malecha, MA, LPC We have been conditioned to blame our bodies for any limitations or struggles we experience. We hear phrases such as “If only I were thinner, prettier, taller …” and may...
View ArticleSpeak Up: Recalibrating the Relationship Between Body Image and Assertiveness
Editor’s note: Studies have shown that around age 10 girls begin to decrease their assertiveness in the classroom. It’s important to note that this behavior does not occur in a vacuum. A lack of role...
View Article4 Lies Western Philosophy Teaches Us About Our Bodies
By Kate Walford, Intern 2015 What is a good body? How do you know? The simple answer to “why are some bodies considered perfect and others not?” would be “social construct!” This is what I was told as...
View ArticleHair with Potential
Written By M.J. Fievre It is hard to deny some of the beauty of Kenscoff, in Haiti: rolling roads, haze on the fields, morning-green hills, goats. The other kinds of beauty can be tricky. You have to...
View ArticleThe Power of Hair Can Be Deeply Rooted
By “OJ” Jamie for thirdwheelED, cross-posted with permission Caveat: Long post. Short hair. Yesterday, I cut my hair. Short. The shortest it’s ever been. I hadn’t necessarily been planning to do this....
View Article#BodyPositiveWeek: Body Positivity Doesn’t Exist Without Black Lives Matter
By Ashleigh Shackelford for Wear Your Voice Mag cross posted with permission. In light of the heightened violence against Black folks worldwide, it’s imperative that we remember that when we… The post...
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