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Adios Barbie Blog
http://www.adiosbarbie.com/blog
The mission of adiosbarbie.com/blog is to promote healthy self-image and body image for people of all races, cultures and sizes.
- Added on: Jun 4th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Pia
- Listed in: Activism Health
- Tags: feminism media literacy weight body image self acceptance race and representation
Recent Posts
Ironing Out The Wrinkles of Wanting Plastic Surgery
by Contributor Sharon Haywood The combination of being bombarded by apparent female physical perfection, and receiving early condolences for The Big 4-0 has led me to the mirror. The combination of being bombarded by apparent female physical perfect...
The Reality Behind the Quest to be “The Biggest Loser”
These days it seems that a lot of folks regard our call to accept yourself (and others) at any size, as uniformed support of fat or obese people who engage in unhealthy eating behaviors and habits. Many claim you can't be fit and fat, despite the evi...
Something Other Than Other
by Andrea Chia and Jerry Henry New parents and interracial couple Jerry and Andrea have endured their own share of discrimination growing up.They hope their newborn son can grow up identifying as something other than "other"....
Hair: The Tales and Fables of our Follicles
In light of all the talk about the politics of Black hair and Chris Rock's Good Hair documentary, Newsweek dedicated a whole week in October to what they coined "A Week of Follicular Coverage." To launch the series they wrote: As personal as our hair...
‘Glee’ casting overlooks disabled actors for wheelchair episode. Is this a surprise?
LOS ANGELES - LOS ANGELES (AP) — The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of "Proud Mary" and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow performer who must use his chair even when the music stops. The scene in Wednesday's episode ...
How Does It Feel? Men and Body Image
by Chris Godsey Brad Pitt is a beautiful man. I'm a male, I'm straight, and I don't mind admitting that Brad's body, especially in "Troy" is an impressive sight. Same with D'Angelo, in that powerful, sexual "Untitled (How does it feel?)" video from s...
