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10 Tips for Boosting Your Body Confidence
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(Living)
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... didn’t think I was good enough to show up as I was. But I am, and so are you. Here are my tips for how to ditch shame.
1. No more diets. Diets take away your freedom and make enjoying food feel like ...
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Created on 04 January 2021
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Calling All Lady Stoners: On Shame, Gender, and Weed ...
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(Living)
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... aptitude for unconditional empathy and understanding. My shame-fever began to dissipate.
I want to say this newfound desire to stop smoking weed was born of my own volition, but that’s not the case. ...
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Created on 18 December 2020
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What We All Can Learn From Lizzo’s 10-Day Cleanse: Leave Her (And Everyone Else's) Body TF Alone
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(Entertainment)
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... and vegetables. What was supposed to be a well-needed challenge for Lizzo, turned into a gaslighting and body-policing nightmare from both fat shamers and anti-diet activists which prompted Lizzo to tur ...
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Created on 17 December 2020
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FKA Twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf For Abusive Behavior, And The Internet Has Something To Say About It
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(Music)
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... of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt. There is nothing else I can really say.”
Making a statement that doesn’t attempt to excuse such transgressions ...
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Created on 14 December 2020
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La Chica's "La Loba" is An Anthem for She-Wolves
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(Music)
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... for public discussion, and used as an excuse to paint women as overly emotional and psychotic. Even now, buying a box of tampons or pads at the local pharmacy is somehow a shameful activity that requires ...
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Created on 09 December 2020
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How Two Girls In Uganda Are Destigmatizing Periods
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(Feminism)
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... girls to drop out of school because of shame, pain, or lack of easy-to-use period products.
A study in BioMed Central medical journal found that out of the 40 Ugandan girls surveyed for their study, ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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Gideon Adlon On Unearthing The Spooky Truths In “The Craft: Legacy”: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... movie–new to the coven and seems to be more naturally gifted with powers. The three other girls befriend her and they get to work. Misogynists like the period-shamer Timmy (Nicholas Galitzine), magically ...
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Created on 28 October 2020
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Sara Schaefer's Contemplative Memoir Invites Us To Laugh Along With Her
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(Books)
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... her marriage. In her memoir, she takes readers on a river-rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. Meant to celebrate a milestone birthday, this pilgrimage becomes a means to examine the shame Schaefer’s ...
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Created on 23 October 2020
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"Fat Girl Finishing School" Is The Body Positive Poetry Book Every Woman Needs To Read
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(Books)
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Rachel Wiley’s new poetry collection, Fat Girl Finishing School, is a tender, hilarious, illuminating journey written openly and unapologetically by a woman whom the world has aimed to shame into silence ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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This Unapologetic Street Art Series Puts Queer POC Front and Center
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(Arts)
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... P. Johnson. Some of her other projects include community workshops, a TEDx Talk, and a special trio of posters she titled Niñas Sin Vergüenza (Girls Without Shame)—depicting Toruño and her partner in ...
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Created on 16 October 2020
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'Thank God For Abortion' Is The Anthem We Need When Taking A Break From The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings
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(Music)
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... anel Celebrating Safe, Legal, And Shameless Abortion, A Panel Celebrating Safe, Legal, And Shameless Abortion ...
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Created on 13 October 2020
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Jenni Hensler Explores The Effects Of Abuse In a New Short Film Featuring Music By Chelsea Wolfe
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(Movies)
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... y and was ashamed and confused by this as a teen and young adult. I am no longer ashamed of this part of myself. I’m just seeing it more clearly now. This is something that is not often talked about a ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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Shedding The Skin Of Childhood In Season 2 Of "PEN15"
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(TV)
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... are fully separated but still living in the same hostile house, Maya struggles to feel accepted by a new friend and the best friends deal with being slut-shamed by the entire student body.
In a particularl ...
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Created on 28 September 2020
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The Feminist Guide to Sex Education You Didn’t Get in School
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(Sex)
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... ed. In 2020, conversations about body positivity, genderfluidity, and pansexuality have moved into the mainstream, creating a shared space to tap into the healing powers of sex.
The days of silence and s ...
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Created on 24 September 2020
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What's The Deal With "Cuties"
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(Movies)
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... of a child, arouses their anger. Either these men are ashamed for their sexual desire for children, and angered from that shame, or it is an instance where they are simply angry and threatened because t ...
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Created on 23 September 2020
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What’s So Funny? Pop Culture Still Doesn’t Know How To Handle Bulimia
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(Entertainment)
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... as to why I couldn’t just snap out of it. And I can see my personal shame mirrored in others with bulimia. Tucked away in a corner of Reddit, people with bulimia share how much they want to stop the cycle ...
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Created on 17 September 2020
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Women-Led Protests in Belarus Met with Violence
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(Feminism)
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... sexism of the Belarusian government, the Interior Ministry commented, “It’s a shame to watch: screams, screeching… Such behavior is unfeminine.”
Despite these laughable and unfortunate comments, the ...
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Created on 14 September 2020
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Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes"
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(Movies)
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... on the same bulky PC he shamed students for using to send “dirty” IMs; the holier-than-thou retreat leader giving a classmate a blowjob against a tree outside. Like the film itself, this hypocrisy is not ...
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Created on 04 September 2020
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Corey Flood's Debut LP, "Hanging Garden," Is Honest And Heartfelt
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(Music)
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... Hill,” “There is no shame in humility.” (3/5)
By Shannon Carlin
Hanging Garden is out September 4, 2020. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2020 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe ...
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Created on 03 September 2020
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When Sexist Dress Codes Were Mandatory And Masks Were Not, These Students Fought Back
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(Living)
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... might be breathing pandemic germs all over me?” In choosing to shame young women for certain clothing choices while condoning possible exposure to the virus, it was clear that Cedarburg’s priorities were ...
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Created on 02 September 2020
