For an example of someone actually rocking her bikini with all the right attitude, check out the wonderful Samantha over at Bikini Birthday, a blog she started a year ago to help her reach her goal of wearing a bikini in public for the first time ever on her 25th birthday. And today, she did it!
Entries Tagged as ‘beauty standards’
July 23, 2010
And One Last Video Before The Weekend. (Thus, Ending Your Week on the Weirdest Note Ever.)
Jezebel found this super creepy weight loss ad from New Zealand, which I am posting here for your viewing pleasure/despair.
July 20, 2010
Okay, Newsweek. Let’s Talk About This.
My take on Newsweek’s Beauty Advantage package, and why telling women to either love Botox or hate it is really telling us to hate each other.
July 7, 2010
What Men Think About Your Body. (Otherwise Known as the Most Women’s Magazine Coverline-Worthy Post Title I’ve Ever Written.)
It’s too hot to blog (and I’m a sorta vacation) so I’m pointing you to three great posts about boys and girls and attraction that other people wrote.
July 6, 2010
A Good Love Your Body Read for a Sweaty Tuesday Night.
I only started thinking about my body in 5th grade when a girl in my class felt compelled to let me know that I should be having thoughts about my body, and they shouldn’t be good ones—girls can be so nice to each other sometimes can’t they? Before then, I had been a skinny, energetic, and happy kid. The idea of what I looked like on the outside being of little consequence when I was so concerned with things like playing manhunt at nightfall, reading Sweet Valley High novels, and drawing in my sketchbook. I didn’t think twice about things like wearing a bathing suit or a pair of shorts, and it never occurred to me that anyone else might even notice the body I walked around in, it seemed unimportant somehow. I feel like I’ve spent half my life trying to get back to that casual relationship with my body, an un-self-consciousness that seems so easy but never is.
July 2, 2010
Pretty Price Check (07.02.10)
Christina Hendricks forced to talk about her body yet again; tan tax in action; weird modeling tips and more.
June 25, 2010
Pretty Price Check (06.25.10)
Why French women don’t get fat/do get lung cancer, $700 eyelash extensions, tanning addictions and more.
June 17, 2010
More Thoughts on Skin (This Time, With Cellulite!)
I am not saying that every time you pick at a spot on your face, you’re hating on yourself. What I am saying is that it can go there. And at Beauty U, I see skin hatred in action every single day.
