Catchy phrase, but let me ask you this: does it have a different meaning to you when spoken at a Women’s Day rally as opposed to an anti-vaccine mandate confab? It does for me; I wonder why. As a ...
Motherhood transforms your body in powerful and permanent ways. My stomach carries stretch marks that formed during pregnancy and stayed long after. I used to run my fingers along them and try to ...
The Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade has re-focused attention on the moral principle of "My Body, My Choice," advanced by the pro-choice movement. I agree with both the general principle, and ...
Growing up, I believed that my thoughts had an effect on everything, from the role I would get in the school play, to what my future would hold, to how tall I would grow. This habit of magical ...
Emily Ratajkowski's new book of essays My Body shares revealing insights into the model's life and career. In the anthology, Ratajkowski tackles feminism, the male gaze, exploitation within the ...
There is a day we New Yorkers quietly celebrate, that we don’t have a name for. It’s the morning when I can feel the earth peel back her blanket and stretch out for the first time in months. For once, ...
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Yes, I’ve lost a lot of weight. No, I don’t want to hear even the nicest comments about it. By Philip Galanes I’ve been through three big weight gains and losses in my life (about 50 pounds each time) ...
It’s hard for me to remember a time when I wasn’t on some sort of a diet. As long as I’ve been aware of having a body, I’ve been looking for ways to change the way it looked, and how I thought it ...
Hard on the heels of every new year comes a wave of resolutions focused on self-improvement. Plenty of people also look into the mirror, feel dissatisfied with their reflection, and decide to make ...
In today’s global K-pop industry, the name Hwasa is synonymous with a confident, curvy and, at times, controversial Dua Lipa–collaborating diva. Few singers can pull off naming a comeback single “I ...
The body is back. That’s the news from the spring 2022 runways—all that skin hidden away by lockdown sweats has been reexposed, with legs stretching out beneath minis at Dior, navels winking above low ...