Are we obsessed with celebrities because they have what we want, and we normally want what we can’t have? Just think about it for a second. Why do you call someone your favorite actor? Why do you follow that one musician on all his social accounts? Besides pure talent, there’s something we like about being […]
ICYMI, Speedo decided to dump Ryan Lochte after his piss poor (pun intended) behavior in Rio de Janeiro. While Speedo may not be the first brand you think of a for a bathing suit, their decision is setting the standard for a slew of other brands. When Lochte decided to lie about his and his […]
Nothing better than a comeback story like Emma Winslade. In an interview with Mirror UK, Winslade shared her story of triumph despite body issues and shaming over the years. The 26-year-old model’s story is not for the lighthearted: she was constantly put down as a child, endured degrading comments about her weight, and was even called […]
Like many shoppers, I love a good bargain. I especially love convenience, which is why I started online shopping. But would you sacrifice privacy for convenience? We trust in websites to keep our personal information private. However, people are concerned about cosmetics website Strawberrynet and a possible information leak. Strawberrynet has this feature that lets a […]
I don’t normally jump at the idea of wearing false eyelashes, but magnetic falsies that adhere without glue? I’d try them. First, you’re not putting a refrigerator magnet against your eyelid. According to an Allure article, how these magical things work is that you get two half-lash strips for each eye. They stick together around […]
I am all for women having a voice, sharing their experiences and opinions on things that have happened in their lives and just being honest about their journey. However, I believe I stumbled upon too much honesty last night when I read this article titled “It’s Important To Stay Skinny For My Husband.” And while […]
I am not a mother so I can’t speak on anyone’s lack of parenting skills. However, I am a woman who has had to deal with her fair share of society’s pressures and constant anxiety to be more sexual and desirable to the opposite sex. So when I saw this photo of Farrah Abraham’s 7-year-old […]
I don’t know about you, but if someone told me lice would help solve hair-loss problems, I’d think twice. However, salons in Dubai have been collecting damaged hair to grow and sell lice to treat hair loss. What?! The salons who were doing this have been warned, but I guess it all started because scammers would […]
Students and parents are not happy about how a South Dakota high school’s presentation documenting clothing considered inappropriate to wear to campus only included images of girls but not boys. Most schools probably have dress codes in place as a guideline for students, parents and teachers. Whether it’s written out somewhere or presented as a […]
All a parent wants is for their newborn to be healthy. So when Washington baby Harper Foy was born with a rare genetic condition that made her skin shed every four hours, her parents must’ve been worried sick. Foy, who may be the youngest person in the world with this condition, has Harlequin Ichthyosis. Infants are […]
Your butt needs a lot of things. It needs to be stretched so your muscles don’t tense, it needs a good pair of jeans that’ll worship it in its current state of somewhere between pancake and bubble, and it needs pizza, but it does not need a contouring palette. So what on earth was Cosmopolitan […]
It’s been an interesting summer for Ariel Winter–I’ve seen people completely drag her to the pits of hell for wearing tight shorts or a swimsuit that they felt was inappropriate for her age and body type, yet she is still going and trying to encourage young women to find their own definition of body image. […]
It’s easy to let a medical condition take over your life. However, beauty vlogger and zumba instructor Marimar Quiroa isn’t letting her cystic hygroma hold her back from living life to the fullest. The 21-year-old was born with a facial tumor. She’s had surgeries to shrink the size of her face and mouth and eats through a […]
Do you ever notice all the hair clippings on the floor at a hair salon or barber shop? You’d think your hair stylist would sweep it all away and toss it out or donate it to a wig shop, right? Well, not Wang Xiaojiu. He’s turning trash into art. The 31-year-old hair stylist from the […]
Nike’s ads have been really good lately. First Paloma Elesser showing off their new curve bra, our girl Claire Fountain was looking amazing, and now they are using Sister Madonna Buder, a veteran of 45 Ironman competitions to show that age has no limit on fitness. I mean this lady is possibly the coolest nun […]
Do you remember learning about fat in school? Sure, it was in a health, nutrition or science class, right? But did you learn about fat in terms of how it relates to society? I was reading, and a quote made me stop to re-read it again because it made me go, “Wow.” The quote was: “Anti-fat […]
Would you ever give up on your dream job because of your weight? I’m sure that’s not how the plan would go, but what if that’s what just happens? That’s what Rachel Fox did. She thought she was too fat to be a scientist, and quit her job because of it. Could you imagine?! I […]
In her new collection of essays, Schumer gives readers an inside look to what her road to fame has been. And while we’ve been able to witness brands pony her out as ‘the curve face’ and one of the few women in Hollywood who isn’t on a crazy crash diet to try to fit into […]
Wear Your Voice Magazine’s newest campaign is genius and something everyone would watch. #FightFatPhobia sheds light on all the fat phobic comments that women have to endure; not only from random men in bars, or people at grocery stores, but even their own family and friends who say inappropriate things. The reality of being of a […]
If you got a chance to see Serayah’s Empire music video Look But Don’t Touch, you’ve probably also been able to see Charity Holloway and her dance group, 4 Thirty-Two, do their own dance routine to the hit song. The group includes about 20 curve women of all sizes, doing their thing and it’s such a […]
I never understood why people were so ashamed about going to see a: psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, counselor or shrink. I guess when I look at it from a personal point of view, I understand why people are shy when it comes to telling others they need help. I have a really hard time asking for help. […]
Seriously, we need no extra reasons to love Adele. She’s real, majorly talented, and has gotten us through pretty much every breakup ever while making us realize we’re way too good for our exes. Basically, she’s the singing bestie every girl dreams of. So enter another reason to love her royal fabulousness. How many celebrities […]
“She’s big. You know, a little overweight. But not like, obese.” So she’s fat? “No!” — Why are we so afraid to use the word fat? The word has such a negative connotation, but there’s nothing wrong with it. We all have fat, in case you’ve forgotten. We use words like, big, overweight, wide […]
If I asked you to describe yourself in five words, what would you say? (Seriously, think about this before you continue reading). I read a quote that made me think about how I saw myself and how others saw me. Esther D. Rothblum, a writer and professor, wrote a piece called, “I’ll Die for the […]
You may be familiar with having a mimosa during a blowout or a glass of wine when you’re getting a pedicure, but do you really need alcohol while you’re at a salon? It’s a salon, not a saloon, right? There’s a proposed legislation in California that may legalize serving alcohol in barber shops and beauty […]
It’s not news that the Marinello Schools of Beauty closed all its campuses because the Department of Education found them committing fraud and for “misrepresentation.” Marinellow now owes $11 million to the government and six whistleblowers for financial aid fraud. Is it a surprise that they’d owe money? No. When you do bad things like […]
Black men everywhere are having a hissy fit because of the commentary from Teen Mom star, Farrah Abraham. Funny thing is, quite a few of them have been doing the same thing to black women for, I dunno, years. Abraham has been on a Kardashian take-down rampage, and recently quipped, “I’m not really into black […]
I was enjoying my day off when I got called into work suddenly because an employee didn’t show up. “Sure, I can cover the shift,” I said. On my days off, I normally don’t wear any makeup and lounge around in comfy clothes. So I changed out of my PJs, put on some business attire and […]
There are some people who are known as being “the funny one,” and others who are known as “the pretty one,” but why aren’t they ever combined? Well, they can be. Stand-up comedian Radhika Vaz uses her humor in a beautiful way to empower women. She grew up in India, where she said being funny […]
I do not try to hide the fact that I am not a fan of the Kardashians. I have many reasons, mainly the fact that I believe that they are culture vultures, but I get their place in society and the way that their love of fame has changed the game. In particular as of […]
I honestly do not understand why gyms or fitness brands feel the need to attack women. It’s a subject that I’ve covered plenty of times, and I’m not really understanding where the disconnect for brands is because with social media, you’re likely to get dragged if you do something wrong. And that’s exactly what happened […]
Ronda Rousey has had to deal with her fair share of body image issues in the spotlight–remember when she instagrammed a photo of herself on television, not knowing someone had photoshopped her body in the picture? And even though she apologized, and it wasn’t her fault in the slightest, it’s still sad that society wanted […]
If you’ve ever popped in one of her workout tapes, watched The Biggest Loser, or seen Jillian Michaels in an interview, you know how tough of a trainer she can be physically, verbally, and mentally. So my question is, where did all of this awesome body positivity come from? We totally agree with you, Jill, but […]
Growing up I thought all models looked the same. I thought the criteria to be a model was that you had to be: as tall as a skyscraper, as skinny as uncooked spaghetti, as tan as an Oompa Loompa and as blonde as bleach could make you. I didn’t realize that models could look different. […]
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 […]
