In a new interview with ESPN, Roz “The Diva” Mays was profiled as being one of the cutting-edge pole dance instructors and personal trainers in New York City. Of course the angle for the piece was that Roz is “an anomaly,” since she dances on poles in 6 in heels and teaches fitness at 230 […]
Flash tattoos have always been fun and stylish, but now, they can do so much more. DuoSkin is a collaboration between MIT Media Lab and Microsoft Research. Together, they’ve created customizable interfaces you put on your skin in the form of a flash tattoo. There are three different types of on-skin interfaces: communication, input and […]
In the latest installment of Dove’s campaigns, they’ve taken on a serious issue: what young teen girls search on body image on the internet. The campaign titled ‘Searching’ is part of Dove’s Self-Esteem Project and aims to shed light on the issues that young girls face. In the video below, you see the distance between […]
100 Women are showing off their bodies in Amy D. Herrmann‘s “Underneath, We Are Women” project. The Australian photographer’s goal is to create a a photo book to show diversity through these 100 different women, and share their stories. Women of all colors, shapes, sizes and ages get to show off their bodies and what […]
I met a girl who was always talking about her weight. She was obsessed with the number on that scale and talked about her daily exercise routine and food intake fairly often. One day, I asked why she wanted to lose weight so badly. She said she wanted to “look hot.” I didn’t know what to say back […]
Everyone gets scars from something. In trying to lighten the scars that I have, I wound up being scarred by search results. Who knew that looking up “scar lightening for black women,” would turn up search results that made me feel like my entire body was wrong. Almost every result was about skin bleaching. Not […]
#FatSideStories went viral with people sharing their deepest, most private secrets about their struggles with body shaming and self-esteem. I admittedly don’t like the word “fat” but the stories that people have shared, are a reminder that the community of curve women is so much stronger when working together to build each other up. From sharing […]
A new photography project started by Amy D. Hermman, documets 100 bodies and 100 stories of women who have journeyed through life, struggling with body insecurities and want to share their journey. In the beginning, it started as just her friends posing for her, but once she started asking women on Facebook, she quickly […]
You know that feeling when you go to get a 2 inch trim but the hair stylist cuts off 3? GASP! I know, it can be shocking. You should take a deep breath and re-assess the situation. I understand if you cry because you’re really upset when someone messes up your hair, but you’ll survive. Why […]
Social media is one of those really powerful things that has impacted the curve community; I won’t be bashing a tool that has united so many women. I do think with its increased popularity, there’s only so much people can take when comparing themselves to others and constantly being put under pressure to look perfect. […]
On Thursday night, Simone Manuel made history as the first African-American woman to win gold in an individual swimming race ever. But as I waited anxiously for her gold medal ceremony, NBC quickly shuffled to other races that were going on and severely delayed her medal ceremony for almost an hour later. And while an […]
My friend told me a pretty disheartening story today. Despite the fact that this happened half a world away, it resonated with women on US soil. When he was younger in Korea, a teacher of his was almost unrecognizable when they came back from summer vacation. The children asked what happened to her face, but […]
Hair loss is a scary yet real issue. Columbia University researcher, Angela Christiano, is trying to tackle hair loss with her two startups. One of them is Vixen Pharmaceuticals, where they worked on developing a hair loss drug. The other is called Rapunzel, which focuses on hair transplant surgery. Christiano, who has a hair-loss condition […]
Fashion blogger and stylist Liz Black decided to take her love of fashion, and mock it’s outdated thinking toward sizing by posing with sample size to clothing, to show off just how tiny the samples on the runway are. In speaking with Yahoo Style Black said, “I’ve always been shocked when I’ve seen those runway […]
Have you seen this video of a boyfriend ranting to his girlfriend about her makeup habits? Just watch: He’s humorous, but let’s get a few things straight: 1. “You don’t need to depend on makeup…” He’s right. No one should depend on makeup. 2. “…stop spending thousands of minutes and dollars on products you don’t […]
