body image

Nothing feels better than taking a stand, posing a question, or positively affecting change or thought. Such is the case when Plus Model Magazine released its January 2012 issue and posed this question: Plus Size Bodies, What is Wrong With [...]

My heart is heavy. Part of me is pissed, the other half of me is deeply saddened. I have observed, through my blogging career a few types of plus size women: ·Those who love their curves, embrace them, and ooze [...]

from Shai at Converting Me You know that awkward moment between when you press ‘play’ and when the music starts? I’m in that moment when I overhear a man say that “smart women aren’t fat…” Those four words struck a [...]

Recently a salon in UK, called Hair by Bashar, opened featuring extra-large salon seats, bigger gowns, and a wider neck insert on their wash bowls. A plus size salon really!? The 31 year old stylist, Trim Bashar Brown, opened his salon [...]

It’s that time of year again! Each October, Chenese Lewis, host of Plus Model Radio, fashions a weekend of events in conjunction with the Hollywood chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW), for Love Your Body Day. What is [...]

At the top of the month, I shared with you a few posts about swimsuit confidence and big girl shame- addressing the confusions, concerns , and YOU sounded off with your ideas and ideals about overcoming those. Well, today, I [...]

So now that we got last week’s confidence woes and plus size shaming out of the way, I wanted to talk about the underlying issues raised in those posts- which rather than empower and educate, only mocked and criticized the [...]

Ironically, this week, no sooner did I post about those fleeting moments of confidence, two articles post up- on the opposite end of the spectrum that left me…. IRKED. So I apologize in advance for the length of my post [...]

Just one of those days, that a girl goes through… Those days. Those moments. Those Feelings. The days when personal attacks on our appearance, character, our very being can cause us to question our worth, our beauty, and our very [...]

Taking a stance, celebrating the curves In a celebration of the curvy woman, carmakoma takes inspiration from Helmuth Newton’s classical and iconic fashion frames and an observing and sensual camera posture like the filmic portrait of “the perfect human” by [...]

L.A. is notoriously known for their stereotypes of the “Thin is in” mentality- yet something is in the air in Southern Cali… Although you cannot drive down the 60, 10, or 15 freeways without the Lap Band ads knocking you [...]

Have you noticed an ever-increasing awareness of advocates for positive body images, size acceptance, and fat activism?  If not, then let me introduce you to advocates like Jessica Weiner, Ben Barry, NAAFA, Every Body is Beautiful. The newest organization to [...]