Cheryl-Ann Webster has been an artist for most of her life. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Currently, she is in the throes of a project of interest to women of all shapes, sizes and ages everywhere. It’s called The Beautiful Women Project (BWP). I had the opportunity to meet Cheryl-Ann and learn about her project…
When Cunt first came out and Inga Muscio would find herself in social settings accosted by “So, what do you do?” questions, how she’d answer would pretty much be determined by her impression of the person asking. Usually, it was something like: I’m a writer of a women’s studies book” rather than blurting out, “I…
the tale of one woman’s breasts Do you remember the moment when you first became aware (or self conscious) of your body? I do. It was summer. Hot and sticky. I was probably five or six years old. I was running around the house in pink cotton panties and nothing else. A neighbor came over…
I like the word fat. It’s short. Easy to write. Requires no thought once so ever. When you say it people know what you mean. Sure I could use other words. Obese is a nice medical term but I’m not a doctor. Pudgy is an OK term but it reminds me of something my grandmother…
Erica Collins from Cherry Hill, New Jersey was crowned Miss Plus America on Saturday July 31, 2004 in Monroe Louisiana. Miss Plus America is a fairly new competition and an exciting advance to beauty competitions. Why? Because most beauty pageants don’t represent the majority of women, those being over size 12. We need to appreciate…
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction. They have an interesting press release on a study in 2003 on the impact of media images on people who are already prone to eating disorders. They found “that viewing ‘plus-size’ models decreased young women’s…
When you go about your daily activities what does the voice in the back of your head tell you? Does it tell you how beautiful you are, how wonderful an organizer you are or that you really know how to communicate with people? Likely not. Our little voices with the harsh words can actually be…
When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Chances are you weren’t thinking in terms of being thin. Those wishes came with puberty. From then on so much time has been spent focusing on the outside that we’ve forgotten to take care of the inside. While physical health…