The Body Image Site for Every Body
By Melanie Klein "Look! I married you a certain way! I like women who look a certain way! It's my right to like women who look a certain way and I shouldn't have to spend the rest of my life not being happy," Brad exclaimed. The retort from my friend Jasmine's husband was a reaction to her staunch refusal to get 'another … [Read more...]
By Sharon Haywood, Co-Editor It’s official folks, and you heard it here first: MTV and VH1 will not air Kanye West’s “Monster” video. Jeannie Kedas of MTV Networks, which also controls VH1, has recently confirmed that neither channel “has plans to air the video.” Kedas cited MTV’s voluntary standards department as … [Read more...]
By Pia Guerrero, Co-Founder/Editor When we first launched the Adios Barbie website 12 years ago, I had to explain what the term 'body image' meant to friends and family when they asked what I was up to. I was leading a lot of media literacy workshops at the time where I often had to prove to skeptical teachers and students that … [Read more...]
By Melanie T of Psysociety This [month] marked the opening of X-Men: First Class, prequel to (and assumed reboot of) the wildly successful X-Men movie franchise. … [Read more...]
By Valerie Kusler Earlier this week, in my half-asleep daze, I flipped on the Today Show for background noise while getting ready for work. When I heard Matt Lauer introduce one of the segments, I stopped in my tracks, turned up the volume, and braced myself. “Why are thin, fit women getting liposuction?” he inquired. Oh … [Read more...]
By Pia Guerrero, Co-Founder/Editor I'm no fan of Rick Ross. His incessant sexist and misogynistic rhymes make it impossible to enjoy his smoky voice and smooth melodies. Nevertheless, Ross has garnered fame and fortune by riding on his Teflon Don persona. So much so he's on the cover of the latest 'Sexy Issue' of Vibe … [Read more...]
By Ashley-Michelle Papon For as long as I've been playing the dating game, I've witnessed how wrestling (the fake kind) has a hold on the people of my generation. In fact, of all the people I've dated (or, in a select few cases, married) wrestling seems to be the only unifying thread. I had never understood the attraction to … [Read more...]
by Ophira Edut Lights, camera, action! It's...oh. It's my middle school pamphlet on the five basic food groups, right? Wait, no, it's my Weight Watchers tracker where I can enter what I just ate into an online widget. Cool! What? It's not that? Oh, oh, now I see: it's the First Lady's big healthy eating initiative, … [Read more...]
By Valerie Kusler This past year, as part of my graduate social work internship I conducted student counseling in a local high school, both one-on-one and in groups. For my final project, I created a presentation on Media Literacy that I gave to 10 classes. It provided an excellent opportunity to see the students’ reactions … [Read more...]
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