Body-loving tips from the trenches. It may not be easy, but it's possible!

Is the face of eating disorders only white and middle class? Not even close...

The politics of black hair can be snarly.

Are female athletes prone to more body issues?

Rather than acknowledge herself for shaping history, the world's most powerful woman instead focused on the shape of her body, dedicating her December 2008 issue of O to the tired subject of...her weight.

We are strong believers in taking responsibility for your self and your health. Yet, with all the information out there on the undeniable influence of the billion dollar media, fast food, diet and even sugar industries, why are we still only blaming the victim?

Today's understatement: I'm not a huge Jessica Simpson fan. Her singing is insipid, her "dad-ager" creeps me out, and she seems totally dependent on men for self-esteem. But I have to say, big courage to her for flaunting her curves.

The combination of being bombarded by apparent female physical perfection, and receiving early condolences for The Big 4-0 has led me to the mirror.

If you think that body image issues are confined to girls and women in Western society, think again. Susie Orbach, the author of the 1979 groundbreaking bestseller Fat is a Feminist Issue, shines a light on the true nature of our body image afflictions in her latest book Bodies—and it isn’t pretty.

Kim Kardashian defends her cellulite, and we like it.

The quest for a cure to the qualms many suffer with weight is a consuming and unfulfilling one, at the very least.  The disheartening truth seems to be that, despite the presence of resolve and perseverance, weight-loss regimes most often serve only to reinforce feelings of self-loathing and disappointment opposed to as means to achieve that coveted, fat-free figure. 

How does surgery that turns a single eyelid into a double eyelid, a broad nose thinner, and a wide jaw more narrow, preserve cultural identity?

“I’ve proven you don’t have to be some skinny girl to do well,” says Adele, the up-and-coming solo soul tinged pop artist. It’s not a statement heard commonly today in music.