Self & Body

Turning the Camera

June 17, 2013

I sometimes wonder, would we be so quick to poke fun of the people around us, if we were accountable for our actions. On the internet we’re safe behind our shiny screens and keyboards. It’s easy to poke fun and troll. No real consequences there, right? But what about real life. When you’re walking down [...]

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Swimsuit Bravery?

May 21, 2013

Last week, I casually mentioned I needed to go bathing suit shopping and thousands of people (or maybe just my six remaining friends) told me how “brave” I was. I started worrying about why bravery was required to go bathing suit shopping, and then I remembered that my ass looks like it lives down the [...]

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Apple Girl

May 17, 2013

Apple. I know it’s kind of a hard name to hear, I mean, have you looked at an apple lately? It’s not the sexiest fruit in the produce aisle, but you’re not an apple—you’re an apple shape, and that’s something you can make work (“werk” even). For starters, you’ve got a great rack and some [...]

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The Responsibility Between Us

May 1, 2013

I am not a curvy girl. Not even close. Breasts? Forget it. I don’t wear a bra with 99.9 percent of all articles of clothing. Hips? Not even mildly interesting unless you count that weird mole I had but it fell off ten years ago. My weight – all 125 pounds of it on my [...]

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Why Fat is Beautiful

April 26, 2013

Thoughts from the Lizard King. I could listen to him talk all day. Thanks, Kate!

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Plump, Heavyset, Chubby…The “Fat” Problem

April 25, 2013

I am 26 years old. Since I can remember I have had self-esteem issues. I don’t want to say that I’ve always struggled with my weight, because I honestly never considered myself fat, just self-conscious in tight clothes. Until recently. Clients at my work commented that I was pregnant…a stranger in the Coach outlet store [...]

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The Chunky Cheerleader

April 24, 2013

Hey, remember a few months ago when former Green Bay Packers cheerleader Kaitlyn Collins was the victim of insane cyber-bullying, with legions of fans on an unofficial Chicago Bears Facebook Fan Page “liking” a picture of Collins in uniform with the caption, “Like If You Agree The Packers Have The Worse Cheerleaders In The NFL,” [...]

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You Be The Judge

April 23, 2013

I have 42 dresses clawing for space in my closet these days (coincidentally, that’s one for every year of my life). People have made assumptions about what that means, but the simple truth is that I own 42 dresses because that’s how many I’ve found that fit me. Just like those girls (and by those [...]

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