Stories of Substance: Body Image Round-Up

September 27, 2012 By Cristina Fahrbach-Connors in Stories of Substance Tags: already pretty, caitlin constantine, eat the damn cake, fit and feminist, kate fridkis, sally mcgraw, the fat nutritionist, weightless Leave a comment

There are so many great blogs out there! Check out these great posts and news articles I found this week.

Personal, thought-provoking examination about Breaking The Connection Between “Thin” and “Healthy on Fit and Feminist.

Sally McGraw of Already Pretty takes a look at our thinking as we make changes to our appearance, and how our body image is affected, in Shame and Motivation.

Did you know that food actually isn’t our enemy that needs to battled and eliminated by exercise? Food and exercise are our friends, we need them both working in tandem to be healthy. Great article on The Fat Nutritionist about thinking about and utilizing food and exercise together in a healthy way.

Love this article by Kate Fridkis on Eat The Damn Cake called Stop Waiting to be Prettier.

Do Minnie Mouse and her Disney friends need to be put on a diet. Apparently Barneys NY thinks so. Check them out here and here. Seriously, is nothing sacred?

What do you do if your adult child has an eating disorder. Excellent advice on Weightless.

Stories of Substance: Body Image Round-Up

June 3, 2012 By Cristina Fahrbach-Connors in Stories of Substance Tags: adipositivity project, already pretty, comedy central, curvy yoga, Kenlie Tiggeman, law suit, naafa, naafa travel tips for people of size, ragen chastain dances with fat, southwest airlines, tosh.o 2 Comments

The latest news/blog posts in the body image arena:

Importance of Self Care. Feeling like you aren’t getting your needs met or you’ve been putting yourself last? This great blog post by Anna Guest-Jelley of Curvy Yoga tells you how to give yourself a “permission slip” to take care of yourself.

Jerk of the Week. Apparently Comedy Central’s Tosh.O blogger Mike Pomerantz is stealing copyrighted images in order to make fat jokes. Yes, he stole a picture from the Adipositivity Project, which is a photography project showing the aesthetic beauty of large women, and posted in on his Comedy Central blog for a caption contest and a few laughs. Disgusting. Read about it here on Jezebel and read one Adipositivity participant’s reaction here on xoJane.

Good Reminder for Us All. Adore this post on Already Pretty about why body image matters.

Learn The Rules, Then Break Them! Tired of feeling like you have to dress for your body type? All of the rules can be so limiting! Check out You Look Fab’s article on Beyond Body Type Dressing Rules

Speak Out Against This! Smart article by Ragen Chastain on her Dances With Fat blog about Kenlie Tiggeman’s lawsuit against Southwest Airlines for telling her she was “too fat to fly.” You can also read about current airline policies and travel tips here. Airbus will be offering new and improved wider seats, which is a good start. We all need to fly. You’d think with all the media hype about the “obesity epidemic” more airlines would d be looking into accommodating rather than discriminating against passengers based on their size.

Inspiration! Been bathing suit shopping yet this year? Push your boundaries! This inspiring photo “fatkini” gallery by Gabi Fresh shows “31 unapologetic fat girls in bikinis.” I love seeing these “unconventional beauties” show how hot we can all look!

Body Image Warrior Week—My Contribution

February 29, 2012 By Cristina Fahrbach-Connors in Body Image and Self Esteem Tags: already pretty, body image blog, body image warrior week, national eating disorder awareness week, sally mcgraw 1 Comment

In honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Sally McGraw of Already Pretty has coordinated Body Image Warrior Week this week. This initiative has brought together a number of body image bloggers to share their stories and wisdom. I’m pleased through this post to make my own contribution to her efforts and thank her for allowing me to participate….

I’d never written anything for the web before but decided I wanted to give it a try. So less than a year ago, I took a seminar on starting a blog. Write about something you’re passionate about it, suggested the instructor. Something you have a lot to say about.

I look around and see the unrealistic expectations about our appearances that society dictates to us and we put on ourselves and I get really angry. So many women I admire sell themselves short, fixating on perceived flaws. We’re taught we need to be perfect. And the definition of perfect shoved down our throats is unattainable to most of us. And why would we want it really? What’s so bad about being ourselves?

So I started Size and Substance. It’s given me a forum to write about all the things that were making me crazy. Continue reading →

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