Feminist Visual Artists to Check Out
A compiled list of visual artists online to support, including growing Instagram and TikTok painters and small business owners.
Read More Feminist Visual Artists to Check OutCategory: Body Image
Body Image: An Athlete’s Perspective
While participating in sports can be a great way to stay active and be a healthy outlet for competitiveness, it can have a detrimental effect on women athlete’s body image. I have been an athlete my entire life. Everyone in my family was an athlete. All of the women in my family were cheerleaders, dancers, […]
Read More Body Image: An Athlete’s PerspectiveTrans Students’ experiences on College Campuses
For those who attended high school, especially for junior and senior year, or have experienced the pressure to continue to higher education you know the stress that is common during the application process. We are always told that it is worth it in the end, that after the anxiety of applying and getting in some […]
Read More Trans Students’ experiences on College CampusesWhat’s the Pointe? Lessons learned from being a “Plus sized” dancer.
If there is one thing the pandemic was helpful for, it was the fact that it allowed me to think. Like A LOT. One of the topics on the forefront of my mind has been life choices, both those that I made and those that were made for me. One choice that was made for […]
Read More What’s the Pointe? Lessons learned from being a “Plus sized” dancer.Pretty Privilege vs. Beauty Penalty
You may be hip to the notorious Tiktok trend, “Tell me you have pretty privilege…without telling me you have pretty privilege.” To which the prompt is stitched with a pretty face who boastfully tells a tale to a camera about how their attractiveness benefited them in a particular circumstance. I angrily reacted to how this […]
Read More Pretty Privilege vs. Beauty PenaltyPlayboy Bunnies and the Chamber of Secrets
Have young women today inherited a rape culture that is still ingrained? When will we as a society come to reject this legacy and what will it take? Glistening luxury pools and fountains, hand carved sculptures (not to call out any cover models), polished marble floors, chandeliers hanging from tall ceilings that cost more than […]
Read More Playboy Bunnies and the Chamber of SecretsBody Shaming is so Last Season
Ever since I was little, the “perfect” body type was everywhere. Whether you are walking around the mall or watching TV at home, Victoria Secret ads were unavoidable, flaunting these beautiful (size double 0, I might add) models in our faces. To add insult to injury, once a year we were subjected to the over-the-top […]
Read More Body Shaming is so Last SeasonStill waiting for the Fashion Industry to be Inclusive
We’ve all heard time and time again “one size fits all,” and we all know very well that this is a fallacy. Especially during Covid with online shopping, it has become increasingly challenging for plus size women or any women above a size two to find a comfortable fit accurately. My friend came into my […]
Read More Still waiting for the Fashion Industry to be InclusiveConfidence and Clothing
Dress for yourself
It’s just fabric after all
Can Tik Tok Stop Glamorizing Eating Disorders?
We all spend way too much time on Tik Tok nowadays, so let’s start recognizing some of the toxic trends.
Read More Can Tik Tok Stop Glamorizing Eating Disorders?
ShoutOut! James Madison University 