- 21. Nike's Plus-Size Mannequins For Inclusivity Met With Fat-Phobic Outrag
- (Style)
- ... at 6 feet tall with a 24-inch waist—maybe just a tad different from the average U.S. woman, who is 5’ 4” with a waist of nearly 39-inches. A 2017 study published in the Journal of Eating Disorders concluded ...
- Created on 10 June 2019
- 22. 12 Women and Non-Binary Asian Americans You Should Know About
- (Feminism)
- ... eating disorders, sexuality, addiction, and racism. Cho is effortlessly funny, powerfully political, and overall an incredible role model for girls like me who hope to push into the too-white, too-male ...
- Created on 31 May 2019
- 23. Suffering Blows: One Woman’s Journey With Grief
- (Living)
- ... cheerleader, and JB’s ex girlfriend. As a young woman struggling with body image issues, eating disorders, and apparently a fixation with ice cubes and dicks, I was mortified, humiliated, and in that ...
- Created on 19 March 2019
- 24. It Took Me 23 Years To Get Diagnosed With ADHD. It Takes Many Women Even Longer.
- (Feminism)
- ... to eating disorders, skin picking, disorganization, and other elements that can make them appear fine on the outside. Dr. Eichenstein says that women with ADHD are normally diagnosed much later in life. One ...
- Created on 04 December 2018
- 25. "Intermittent Fasting" Diets Glamorize Disordered Eatin
- (Feminism)
- ... a full clinical eating disorder, they turned the daily practice of eating into an anxiety-filled exercise and left me feeling disconnected from myself. Portia De Rossi best summarizes the experience of ...
- Created on 02 October 2018
- 26. Why "Sharp Objects'" Portrayal Of Adult Self-Harming Is So Importan
- (TV)
- ... Most people I know started their eating disorders and drug/alcohol use in their younger years, and these actions are now not only accepted, but often glorified as trendy coping mechanisms for adults. Talking ...
- Created on 20 August 2018
- 27. "The Facts Of Life" Actress Charlotte Rae, America's Favorite House Mother, Has Died At
- (TV)
- ... issues from a young woman’s perspective: among them eating disorders, sex, drugs and AIDS,” according to the New York Times. @MattOswaltVA Known for battling through serious health issues later in ...
- Created on 06 August 2018
- 28. The Anxious Women
- (Living)
- ... “untalented.” We walked back to the car, on the Beltline, the sun beating down on us. And still, my fiance’s steady arm wrapped around me, my only anchor. “It’s going to be okay,” he whispered. “Just ...
- Created on 12 July 2018
- 29. Florence Welch, Before "High As Hope": From The BUST Archive
- (Music)
- ... people I know and who understand my process,” she says. “I’m going to do the writing, and then we’ll record it as a band.” That Welch is re-creating the vibe of the first record with the same contributors ...
- Created on 11 July 2018
- 30. There Shouldn't Be Shame In Liking “Girl Music
- (Music)
- ... did to 33 million other people. She sang about the perfection expected of young women, of what dating can really be like, of eating disorders, and learning by living through tough experiences. Though the ...
- Created on 27 March 2018
- 31. Hamilton’s Mandy Gonzalez Talks Social Media, Music, And Representation On Broadway: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... for social media to become more encouraging and inclusive. “Some people have reached out to me saying that they’re going through a lot. Some girls are cutting themselves; some girls have eating disorders. ...
- Created on 13 March 2018
- 32. Michelle Obama's Memoir Now Has A Release Date: Link Roundu
- (Living)
- ... on stage as her “doppleganger,” at Buzzfeed. Roxane Gay Offers To Write Batgirl, Becomes Our Own Personal Superhero Roxane Gay has given us incisive feminist commentary on everything from eating disorders ...
- Created on 26 February 2018
- 33. Mass Shootings Are Not A Symptom Of Mental Illness
- (Feminism)
- Mass shootings are not a symptom of mental illness. Mass shootings are preventable. Arguments stating anything otherwise are deflections out of self-interest and curtail the conversation we need to be ...
- Created on 26 February 2018
- 34. Weight Watchers Is Offering Free Membership To Teens — And That’s a Problem.
- (Feminism)
- ... weight puts them at risk of #eatingdisorders and a lifetime of behaviors FAR worse for their health than being at a high weight," tweeted Christy Harrison, R.D. in part of the #WakeUpWeightWatchers outcry ...
- Created on 20 February 2018
- 35. The "Arm Vagina" Is Another Bullshit Body-Shaming Tren
- (Feminism)
- ... many healthy, beautiful, non-mermaidic women have no thigh gap, and it still doesn't detract from their glow at all. Other trends remain potentially just as likely to lead to eating disorders, and are, ...
- Created on 21 December 2017
- 36. Why Is Kesha Missing From Time's "Silence Breakers" Person Of The Year Issu
- (Feminism)
- ... and power dynamics. Kesha has continued to use her platform to uplift survivors of eating disorders, mental health issues, and suicidal thoughts, continually reminding her fans that being brave and being ...
- Created on 07 December 2017
- 37. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Is Doing Important Work With Mental Health This Season
- (TV)
- ... leaves Los Angeles to move back in with her mother. The fifth episode gets even more real — and dark. Rebecca is sleeping all day and not eating; at one point, her mother, Naomi, takes her laptop ...
- Created on 13 November 2017
- 38. Google Maps Wanted To Measure Your Calories In Mini Cupcakes – But Were Stopped For This Reason
- (General)
- As if the calorie–counting frenzy that's been around in every Starbucks, Chipotle, and Le Pain de Quoutiden for years hasn't been enough to make us feel guilty about our (often perfectly normal) eating ...
- Created on 17 October 2017
- 39. On Depression, Stigma And Learning To Listen To Yourself
- (General)
- “What’s wrong?” I sat on the edge of my bed, one parent on either side of me. I stared down at the colorful balloons of my bedspread sheet, the same ones that dotted the canopy above our heads. I ...
- Created on 10 October 2017
- 40. Johnson & Johnson Targets Women Of Color With Harmful Talc Campaign — And Is Actually Caught
- (General)
- ... to various cancers. Big tobacco continues to publicly dispute the scientific consensus. It happened when Volkswagen admitted to cheating on emissions tests for years. It didn’t just betray customers ...
- Created on 07 September 2017
