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It’s pretty obvious that movie and television characters don’t look the way most of us do, and that it's a problem. But rarely do we actually talk about ...
For all of mainstream media’s demonstrable embrace of body diversity, there’s been little visible change at this point. But look around the landscape of ...
It shouldn't be this complicated, all this body stuff: size discrimination, weight bias, the multi-factioned movement fighting to reverse it. At its core ...
Danielle Brooks is having an okay year. Between the hit Broadway show, the Tony nomination, the fashion campaign, and of course, Orange Is The New Black...
In April, I ran a story called “The Medium-Sized Woman Problem.” The “problem,” of course, was not the women themselves, but the way in which we frame ...
Plus-size fashion is a hot topic, no question. Just weeks ago, Tim Gunn went viral with a blistering takedown of the industry, which he says “turned its ...
I remember the very moment I first saw a plus-size woman in a magazine. I was on a flight from New York to Washington, D.C.; the magazine was Marie ...
This article was originally published on April 2, 2015 and has been updated throughout. Lube is a little like masturbation. It's a big part of most people...
Dear Kelsey, My boyfriend and I have been in a relationship for almost two years. We met on Tinder — shockingly — and things have been great ever since...
Remember when we all stopped saying “real women”? I don’t recall which trend piece woke me up to that shift in our cultural lingo, but I do know how fast...
I normally think of a “fitness challenge” as something I’m going to fail at. It’s an old habit. I remember once seeing a sign-up for a 100-day yoga ...
Dear Kelsey, I recently started medical school and I've noticed that I'm not my usual bubbly self anymore. All through high school and college, I was ...
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