Bodies

The sad fact is that most local shelters are underfunded and reliant on individual donations. Supporting your local shelter is important. Aside from calling your local shelter directly and asking what their specific needs are, here is a list of things you can do:

I lost 100 pounds, and I kept most of it off. But I am not healthy, and I never will be.

This is fancy talk for “holy shit, I cannot make peace with my body today or ever, because this body is telling the world I’m a woman when I’m actually not.”

When I got boobs, I also got a body. A body that was (and is) not skinny.

As part of Ravishly's Body Acceptance Week, we've peeked into the life of a boudoir photographer. Alycia Aragon shares her favorite portraits with us.

I’m boycotting you until you start recognizing breast cancer survivors like me by carrying mastectomy bras.

Because technology can be a beautiful thing.

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) has been around for at least five centuries –– there’s got to be something to it.