Posted in adolescent girls, beauty ideal, body image, college, feminism on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
So, an 18 year old dies from voluntary surgery, a breast augmentation to be exact.
“doctors believe Kuleba died of a rare and potentially deadly genetic reaction to general anesthesia known as malignant hyperthermia”
Ok so a few bones to pick with this one. First, every girl, and every woman, has the right to do whatever the [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, body image, diet, eating disorder, skinny on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The cover story of the illuminary Sunday Styles section (NYT) featured this story “Starving Themselves- Drink in Hand.”
Silly girl that I am, I thought the article might have some valuable insights into another facet of eating disorders and their prevelance. Unfortunately, the topic was treated as some sort of pop-psychology novelty. The only good part [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, beauty ideal, body image, diet, fat, fat acceptance, feminism, food, self reflection on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
One of my best friends growing up was probably classified as “morbidly obese” by the BMI. I loved horses, and obsessed about them, but having 3 younger siblings, getting out to horse country from our city home was not something my parents put at the top of their priority list. So I spent many hours [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, beauty ideal, body image, diet, eating disorder, feminism, food, self reflection, skinny, spirituality on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
While running today, the idea of my story came up. Lately I’ve found myself having flashbacks to moments that had then faded into my history as unremarkable. The moments that have added up to where I am now, mostly dealing with weight, beauty and how and when I learned the things I was “supposed” to [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, beauty ideal, body image, feminism on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
My FAVORITE monologue from the Vagina Monologues…. “My Short Skirt” by the amazing Eve Ensler
It is not an invitation
a provocation
an indication
that I want it
or give it
or that I hook.
My short skirt
is not begging for it
it does not want you
to rip it off me
or pull it down.
My short skirt
is not a legal reason
for raping me
although it has [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, beauty ideal, body image, fat acceptance, feminism on February 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m super fair- I have strawberry blonde hair and light eyes, lashes and brows. I don’t have freckles, just peachy white white complexion. From the time I was a little girl, I learned that my eyes were “ugly” without mascara… this isn’t something someone told me, but something I deduced from looking around at “beauty.” [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, body image, self reflection, skinny on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
My previous post about middle school lax, plus the response to a 14-year old’s letter for advice on self love, just having read “nineteen minutes”, and seeing girls get off a school bus yesterday. The allure and mystery of young girls, its a powerful thing.
I can remember being 14, I was freaking out because for the [...]
Posted in adolescent girls, body image, diet, eating disorder, fat, fat acceptance, female sports, feminism, food, lacrosse, skinny on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
So I start coaching middle school girls’ lacrosse team in a few weeks. Any advice for how to handle the social, emotional, aspects of my girls, this as it pertains to their body image, popularity etc? Thoughts, comments, anything would be welcome. I know this is a broad topic, but I really think that middle [...]
