When Libby Faulkner lost about 50 pounds, she began wearing tighter and smaller clothes, but not necessarily clothes that were considered fashionable. “I couldn’t put outfits together, I didn’t focus ...

“We never stopped advocating for ourselves, but it seems like everyone else did,” said plus-size model Tabria Majors, after she noticed a concerning trend on her social media feed. She wasn’t the only ...

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the negative effects of social media influencers on women’s body image. For ourselves and for those of us who have daughters, it is worth thinking ...

Viral “body-positive” trends tend to be well-intentioned. Still, they can be dangerously limited in their scope, to the point where they are hardly making a point at all. These trends don’t provide ...

On a special episode (first released on April 14, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: The mass media has pushed skinny on us for decades. And while doctors encourage healthy eating and lower body mass ...

A new cultural ideal for women is ultrathin and cloaked in the language of inclusivity and self-acceptance. Credit...Illustration by Leonie Bos Supported by By Amanda Hess Recently Instagram led me to ...

“We never stopped advocating for ourselves, but it seems like everyone else did,” said plus-size model Tabria Majors, after she noticed a concerning trend on her social media feed. She wasn’t the only ...

Body image refers to how a person thinks and feels about themselves physically. From childhood to adulthood, a person’s family can influence how they feel about their bodies through various ...