Usually a good night out involves talking, laughing, and let’s not forget eating. So as to not spoil a good night, you stuff your face and then when you get home you face the guilt. Unfortunately, a great number of women are pigging out in public and starving in private. Just like anorexics and momorexics, ...
Marianne Powers is a typical woman: self-loathing and over-analyzing of every pore in the mirror each day. After realizing how much her mirror obsession was controlling her and her friends alike, she decided to create a little test. She would go a full month without looking in a mirror or reflective surface of any kind. ...
This week on Morning Quickie we’ve seen it all: Moms starving themselves to lose their baby weight immediately, young women who can’t sleep because of the pressure to be thin and a firsthand account of anorexia. While we can find solace in the fact that plus-sized models are increasingly featured in magazines and ad campaigns, ...
It’s no secret that young girls feel the pressure to be thin every day. They receive mixed messages about accepting who they are and changing who they are to conform to an unattainable ideal. The heavy burden is weighing down on them and keeping them up at night, according to a revealing new study. Researchers ...
As soon as New Year celebrations pass, infomercials start harrowing you with exercise plans and diets to prepare your body for the star accessory of summer: the swimsuit. Judging from the banged-out, super slim figures of the women in those ads, being fit for summer is an insurmountable task but a new study reveals that ...
“The Human Barbie Doll” Sarah Burge is infamous for her plastic surgery addiction and questionable parenting decisions. Her latest “boob job voucher” to 7-year-old daughter, Poppy, takes the cake. Burge’s daughter desperately wanted three things for her birthday this year: a computer, a holiday, and a boob job voucher. The first two don’t necessarily scream ...
No matter how beautiful they are, most women are convinced that if their bodies were different — bigger, smaller or tighter — then they could be happy. But our bodies are awesome! They just need a little more love.
Your hips are getting bigger, and there is nothing you can do about it. A new study has determined that with time, everyone’s hip bones expand, no matter what size or weight we are. The desire to remain thin is often a lifelong struggle, mainly for women. We starve, we purge, we acquire eating disorders, ...
It’s May. Bikini ads are out. The thought of wedging myself into my bathing suit is haunting me. Even nakedness sounds better. That would eliminate the unflattering bulges. But would I bare it all at the beach if I had the chance? Let’s weigh the pros and cons. Where you find the option of going ...
Leggings are one of the comfiest trends we’ve encountered so far as a culture. Women everywhere are using them to cover up flaws and feel better about themselves overall. But are they ultimately making the outcome worse? There are two main issues here. Wearing leggings is apparently taking away all of the work that our ...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
The British nation stood shocked this morning. No, it was nothing to do with us being back in recession...
Dear Madame X, I am in an interracial marriage. Things are fine most of the time, but members of...
