What I Regrettably Learned From America’s Next Top Model

May 10, 2012 in body image

Unfortunately, I used to watch American’s Top Model frequently when I was about thirteen. I saw women fighting to be absolutely

My Experience with Materialism

February 7, 2012 in body image

As a young teenager, I placed high values in shopping, having money, and having nice technology. For instance, I used

My Experience with Body Image

January 17, 2012 in body image

A couple years ago when I was in 6th grade I was under the spell where I thought happiness came from appearance. I used to shop

Changing How We See Ourselves

December 5, 2011 in body image

What is it that makes us care so much about what we see in the mirror? How does it make sense that how we look might

Fighting Consumerism

October 29, 2011 in body image

We have to fight advertising’s influence to turn us into consumers. Here in America the size of our houses are about three

Reviving Body Image: Part 11

September 9, 2011 in body image

Today girls are under more pressure than they ever have been before. Less coping mechanisms are available, and resources are

Reviving Body Image: Part 10

September 2, 2011 in body image

I want to share a journal entry I wrote the other day. It’s rather personal, but I think it’s important to allow ourselves to be vulnerable so

Reviving Body Image: Part 9

September 2, 2011 in body image

The impersonal structure of the schooling system and pressure to be popular cause girls’ grades to suffer. Girls excel in a personal

Reviving Body Image: Part 8

September 2, 2011 in body image

When we revive our true selves we revive our curiosity, our fearlessness, passions, greatness, and real beauty. When girls reach

Reviving Body Image: Part 7

September 1, 2011 in body image

Remember that radiance that pulsed through you as a young child, and when you had so much curiosity towards the world that your body