plus-size body love
Why I Started an Instagram to Beat Body Dysmorphia
My struggle with body acceptance began as early as elementary school. My family shamed me and gave me nicknames like thunder thighs or squatty body. I was always the biggest one on the cheer squad or ballet or gymnastics.
Why a Boudoir Photography Session Made Me More Bold
I’m not a nudie kind of girl. In fact, in my platform as an ovarian cancer advocate, I’m pretty conservative. So me, doing boudoir?
Carmen Rene Column: Take Up Space!
I’m not sure who needs to read this, but this is your Summer reminder to TAKE UP SPACE!
Curvicality’s Body-Positive Facebook Fans
Curvicality gives women a place to come together and celebrate the beauty of every shape, size and color of woman.
The ABCs of Better Body Image
Just like you learned the ABCs, you can learn to love your body. Not the one you wish you had. This one. The one you are living in today.
5 Ways to Practice Body Love During Social Distancing
No doubt you’ve been practicing social distancing, or maybe even lockdown, for at least a few days. We are all spending more time at home, more time walking past our mirrors, more time alone with our thoughts and insecurities.
Why I’m Not Ashamed to Tell You That My Husband Helped Me Learn to Love My Body and Heal My Broken Heart
Sometimes, the right partner can make all the difference….
Rachel Micheletti: Reclaim, Unchain, Reframe … Taking Back Your Power
Think back to the first time another person took the time to make you feel that you were not of value because of your body shape or size. That you had less worth than someone else. That you were not beautiful or important or meaningful. That you didn’t deserve to take up your space.
Yes, Plenty of Thin Guys Love Plus-Size Chicks
Lots and lots of plus-sized ladies and thin guys are madly in love with each, and vice-versa. Like beauty, love has no size.
Body Love? It Doesn’t Start with His Opinion
I talk to women about their bodies all day long. In the process, I hear a recurring comment: “He (or she) really loves my body.”