In class, we have had several discussions that deal with the topics of self worth and body image. I found these topics to be particularly interesting. In fact, I figured that the two topics were related to each other in many ways. The sense of one’s inherent value as a person is heavily related to […]
Read More The Relationship between self worth and body perceptionLet’s talk about situationships. For anyone who doesn’t know, usually, a situationship is a relationship between people who are basically in a relationship with each other but there is no official title placed and it requires little to no commitment. So basically you are more than just friends but you haven’t established the relationship. A […]
Read More What they don’t tell you about SituationshipsLoving yourself takes time. Learn more about self-love here!
Read More Loving Yourself is Not SelfishIn one of my previous blogs I discussed my recent feelings of Impostor Syndrome as a new transfer student this semester. An article from The Chronicle defines impostor syndrome as “an internal experience of intellectual phoniness”. As the semester slowly comes to an end I have been reflecting on it and how my feelings of […]
Read More Reflecting on My First Semester at JMUWelcome back from break, everyone! I thought that it would be a good day to talk about body image, considering the fact that I ate about 70,456 tons of food over Thanksgiving Break and, frankly, still feel straight up FAT. I have always struggled with my body image – just as many others have. On […]
Read More Thanksgiving Body Image Blues (Sort Of)So I know we have all heard of Dove’s Real Beauty Campaign. In fact, I believe that some of my fellow bloggers have previously written about it, or at least mentioned it in their posts. As a female who has lived her entire life having beauty ads crammed down her throat (as most female have) […]
Read More Axe and Dove – Two Messages, Same CompanyWe are all familiar with the scene in Snow White when the Evil Queen asks, “Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?” But in the 21st century, that mirror has transformed into videos. Welcome to the world of YouTube- a place where young girls turn to an interactive mirror to […]
Read More Pretty or Ugly? Issue of Teen Girls Self Esteem
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