Body Positive

There are plenty of fat people who are “healthy” and plenty of thin people who are incredibly “unhealthy.”

Why Losing Weight Isn't The Answer To All Your Health Woes

You can improve your health without losing weight!

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It’s about feeling good physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Separating Health and Weight #DitchTheDiet2016

What we really need is a better definition of health. One that is less about weight and more about the broader idea of what health is really about.

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It’s about feeling good physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Separating Health and Weight #DitchTheDiet2016

What we really need is a better definition of health. One that is less about weight and more about the broader idea of what health is really about.

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All Bodies Are Good Bodies. Except For Mine.

At some point intellect has to make room for something bigger, for something scarier than just about anything. In order to truly learn something, you have to be vulnerable. You have to walk in and set your broken parts on the table and say, “Here, fix it. Or at least be broken with me.”

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All photos by Elena Kulikova.

WEAR YOUR VOICE: SHIFTING #BeyondBeauty

IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE ALL BODIES ARE CELEBRATED...

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Do you have to love yourself always?

What About When You Can't Always Be Body Positive?

If you aren’t Fat and Fab, what are you? If you have a shit day — a really shit day; one where you despise your body — is it tantamount to a chink in your armor?

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Step away from the scale.

Chronic Dieting: The Socially Acceptable Eating Disorder

So what’s the difference between dieting and eating disorders? Not much. It all depends on how obsessive you are with it, and how much mental and emotional space it takes up in our minds. Like most things, eating disorders exist on a spectrum.

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Let's Stop "Sympathizing" About One Another's Bodies

Women — and everyone, for that matter — I invite you to join me in a new game. Instead of stooping down to sympathize when someone strays from societal body ideals, and instead of bringing others down with us when we're struggling with body image ourselves, let's all lift one another up by declaring that there's nothing wrong with what we've just eaten, how we look in a bathing suit, or what size pants we’re wearing.

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