Cintra Wilson cannot possibly be this dense
Harriet Brown alerted me to this scathing piece by New York Times fashion writer Cintra Wilson on J.C. Penney’s new line of clothes, which includes plus-size and Big & Tall offerings. Jezebel...
View ArticleWant to reach your “dream weight?” Buy Photoshop
Remember SELF magazine’s supposedly altruistic study last year in which it found that 65 percent of women between the ages of 25 – 45 have an eating disorder and 75 percent of all American women...
View ArticleDiablo Cody dishes on new film, feminism, body image
The incomparable Diablo Cody is on the cover of the Aug./Sept. copy of Bust magazine. The Candy Girl author and Juno screenwriter dished on her new horror film, Jennifer's Body (named after a Hole...
View ArticleThe spine-tingling Rachel McAdams
Despite arriving a few minutes late to a darkened theater for a Sunday matinee showing of The Time Traveler's Wife, I could sense the wave of alkaline estrogen emanating from the half-filled gallery. I...
View ArticleOn eating disorders, body image and black women
In conversations on body image and eating disorders, black women are often left out of the debate-- it's assumed that by virtue of their skin color, black women are somehow rendered immune to those...
View ArticleConfident, scantily-clad women storm Brooklyn
An amazing display of body diversity at the West Indian-American Day Parade held yesterday in — where else? — New York City (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) The parade recalls the Carnivals of the...
View ArticleNew film “Precious” a must-see
So I just watched the trailer for Precious, a new sledgehammer of a film by executive producers Tyler Perry and Oprah, and it sent chills down my spine. The film is based on the book, Push, by...
View ArticleFrom Hollywood to Bollywood: The whittling waistlines of Indian actresses
If I could travel to any part of the globe, India would be it. But as much as I love Indian food and culture, I'm not all that hip on Bollywood and the representation of Indian women in film. Luckily...
View ArticleNEDAW: Recovering, a_witha_teeth_a
I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again I cannot go through this again… The words fade and give way to a synthetic drizzle of the melody, piano...
View ArticleFeel Good Friday: Food as Art
The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center here in town is winding down its The Art of Food exhibit next month. Brandon and I haven’t had a chance yet to attend, but I’m hoping to make it before...
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