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Alicia Silverstone Opens Up About Dealing With Body-Shaming BS In Her 20s
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(Feminism)
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As if you could dispute that Alicia Silverstone achieved instant icon status as Cher in the 1995 classic Clueless. Cher, a lovable, if a tad bit selfish, socialite was cute and charming, and the role ...
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Created on 21 April 2020
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Sexual Misconduct Isn't Sexy: Victoria's Secret Models Demand Chan
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(Feminism)
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... show, as those demographics fall far from the Victoria’s Secret “fantasy.” Stocks have plummeted. Over 50 VS shops closed their doors for good earlier this year. Testimonies of fat-shaming in stores and ...
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Created on 07 August 2019
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"Shrill" And The Journey to Fat Bitchdo
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(TV)
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... we are a work in progress, and that our “goodness” depends on health and thinness. We’ve been taught to accept fat-shaming under the guise of concern for our health, that if our friends and mothers and ...
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Created on 27 March 2019
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Is "Toxic Femininity" A Thing
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(Feminism)
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... femininity,” she’ll probably point to slut-shaming, fat-shaming, pro-life women, and cattiness. If you ask a woman of color, she might talk about white feminism and de facto racism. If you ask a man about ...
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Created on 04 January 2019
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Aidy Bryant Is Currently Filming "Shrill" Based on Lindy West's Book, And We Couldn't Be More Exci
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(TV)
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... what I wanted to do, but I was like, Oh my god, someone who’s a little bit like me on TV.”
Speaking to fans on Instagram over concerns about fat-shaming in her previous film I Feel Pretty, Entertainment ...
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Created on 03 August 2018
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shuts Down Republican Who Called Her “This Girl Or Whatever She Is”: Link Roundup
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(Feminism)
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... toxic fat-shaming. “For so long, the narrative has told women and young impressionable girls that in order to be popular, have friends, to be desirable for the male gaze, and to some extent be a worthy ...
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Created on 24 July 2018
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"Dietland" Actress Erin Darke Tells Women's Stories: BUST Intervi
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(TV)
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... Both the novel and its TV adaption tackle topics including body-shaming and sexual harassment, for instance. “I think about the fat-shaming storyline, and reading about it and then talking to Sarai, and ...
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Created on 18 July 2018
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Week Of Women: April 20-26, 2018
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(Entertainment)
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... and mixed reviews. Is it a sweet movie with a meaningful message about self-esteem, or an offensive, fat-shaming mess? We haven’t seen it yet, but we’re curious. Out Friday, April 20.
Love & Bananas ...
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Created on 19 April 2018
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Lauryn Hill Is Going On Tour For The 20th Anniversary Of "Miseducation": Link Roundu
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(Music)
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... Turns Out It Was Cancer.
Medicine has a fat-shaming problem that has dire consequences for patients. Cosmopolitan profiles one woman’s struggles to receive care for horrible coughing fits. A trip to ...
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Created on 18 April 2018
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Nancy Pelosi Filibustered For Dreamers — For NINE HOURS
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(Living)
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... fraternity has been put on probation for their “pig-roast,” a fat-shaming sex contest that they used to degrade women for years. Read more about how fraternities are literally the worst at the Washington ...
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Created on 08 February 2018
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We Need To Pay Attention To The Way Trump Treats Women Journalists - And The Way The Media Covers It
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(Feminism)
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... about Megyn Kelly, to his fat-shaming treatment of a former Miss Universe, to his braggadocio claims about grabbing women’s genitalia, the 45th president is setting the poorest of standards for our children. ...
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Created on 30 June 2017
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Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino Shows The Problem With How We Talk About Food
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(Eat Me)
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... facts, which they already have access to, it's another way of saying, "Wow, are you sure you should be drinking that?"
Calorie and fat-shaming are already rampant online, so it's important to understand ...
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Created on 21 April 2017
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‘Gilmore Girls’ Might Be Getting Another Revival Season
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(TV)
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... got to put this to bed. And then whatever happens, happens.'
The latest season had its good points (Emily’s grief plotline; Lorelai and Emily reconciling; everything Paris Gellar) and bad (the fat-shamin ...
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Created on 06 March 2017
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How Being Naked Challenged My Definition of Self Love
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(Feminism)
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... time rediscovering my love for my body, I’ve let go of some popular, well-meaning philosophies that can be just as damaging as the students who were unintentionally fat-shaming me (and quite a few other ...
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Created on 23 January 2017
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There’s A Topless Hillary Clinton Dummy In Oregon, Proving This Election Is A Cesspool
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(Feminism)
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... violence against them.
While we are not fans of the naked Trump statue in Union Square because it was fat-shaming and transphobic (it seemed to depict Trump with comically small genitalia), there have ...
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Created on 14 September 2016
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Mentally Ill, Addicted, And Medicated: BUST True Story
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(Living)
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... my trip to hell, I may not have made it.
Image: Flickr/Steve Snodgrass
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Created on 22 August 2016
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#WearWhatYouWant Encourages Women To Throw Out Fashion Rules
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(Feminism)
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Body positivity and acceptance has stormed the Internet with a showcase of women showing off their beautiful curves in outfits of their choice. Simone Mariposa, a 23 year from L.A, started #wearwhatyouwant ...
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Created on 01 August 2016
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How YouTube Stars Grace Helbig And Hannah Hart Made A Female-Driven Superhero Movie: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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YouTube superstars Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart, who have a combined following of more than 10 million fans across social media and more than 430 million views on YouTube, star in the movie Electra Woman ...
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Created on 09 June 2016
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Surfing And The Myth Of The Bikini Body: BUST True Story
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(Living)
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It’s “bikini body” season, the time of year when women are reminded by diet plans and gyms to get “bikini ready.” As a surfer girl who spends weeks of each year at the beach, I can authoritatively say ...
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Created on 12 May 2016
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6 Body Positive Illustrators You Need To Know About
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(Arts)
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... in her Etsy shop, in case you want to be drawn like one of Melly's girls-or-guys. Follow her on Instagram to keep up-to-date on her newest work!
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Photographer Turns Lens On Fat-Shaming ...
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Created on 12 April 2016
