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It All Belongs To You
By: Phylicia Allen, Columnist September 11, 2012 The topic of self-esteem is extremely vital to our lives. How we feel about ourselves dictates how we live… It influences our speech, the way we...
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A Complimentary Life
By: Carrie Hill, Columnist September 13, 2012 What is the world coming to? Or better yet, what are we allowing the world to come to? Our cities are full of stressed out citizens on the brink of a...
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The Truth and the Mirror
By: Brandi Vicks, Columnist September 14, 2012 See and become your truth. When you focus on your own expectations and goals, you will see how far you have come. Never mind the pressures and...
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Beauty in the Differences
By: Aiché Sissoko, Contributor August 31, 2012 There are so many differences in our beauty. In this world, it is essential that you love yourself and embrace yourself for whom you are. Know this, and...
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The Greatest Things in Life Are Worth the Wait
By: Lauren Moss, Columnist.tlj5{position:absolute;clip:rect(485px,auto,auto,415px);}approval payday loans February 15, 2013 There’s a reason why they say the best things in life are worth...
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You Are More Beautiful Than You Think
The power of loving, respecting, and appreciating yourself can make such a difference. (iStockphoto) Sometimes it is easy to forget just how much of an effect our self-esteem has on our lives. We...
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I’m A Black Woman Who LOVES My Beautiful, Dark Skin
Yes, I am dark. No, I don’t feel sorry for myself. After watching the preview for Dark Girls, I must admit I was appalled. As a writer, I firmly believe that ALL stories should be told, no matter how...
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Elevating Yourself Away from the Pains of ‘Thinspiration’
We live in a world in which bones are seen as beauty. A world in which size zero models are idolized and seen as a form of “thinspiration” for many young girls. We grow up thinking that by being...
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The ‘Gravity’ of Life: Why Sometimes You Just Have to Push Through It
After weeks of reading great reviews and hearing how it topped the box office, I finally decided to go see the film Gravity. As I walked away from the ticket counter heading towards the theater, I...
View ArticleFrom the Words of A Self-Harmer: “It Gets Better”
One day before a class in college, I went to the bathroom and found that somebody had written, “It gets better,” on one of the stalls. I found myself purposely going to the bathroom before tests and...
View Article27 Things You Need To Thank Yourself For Before The Year’s Over
In our society, we beat up on ourselves a lot – too much. For many of us, it’s every minute of every day, all throughout the year. It’s no wonder most of us are too stressed out. We replay negative...
View ArticleGrowing Into Myself, While Moving Away From My Eating Disorder
My name is Sasha Saenz and I am from a small town in Chihuahua, Mexico. Seven years ago, I felt that my body wasn’t enough, and I developed bulimia. Trigger warning: Descriptions of eating disordered...
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This Year, Realize You Determine Who You’re Going To Be, No One Else
One of the only ways for you to change the direction of where you’re headed in life, is to change what you believe about yourself. When you change your thoughts about yourself, you are able to...
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6 Quarter-Life Realizations About Body Image (As Illustrated By “Friends”)
I turned 24 on December 15th, and over the past five years of working toward recovery from my eating disorder, I’ve come to look at my body—and myself—in ways I couldn’t have imagined. Some of the...
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My Personal Struggle In Ending The Silence Around Bullying
A new study from Duke Medicine and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine was released. The research focused on how bullying can affect the development of eating disorders in adolescents....
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No Matter What, Your Feelings Are Valid. Don’t Hide Them.
“Fat” was always synonymous with horrible. It was a word I became so familiar with, I used it against myself in addition to words such as “evil,” “nasty” and “selfish.” If I had to pick things I...
View ArticleYes, Asian Women Struggle With Eating Disorders, Too.
I have always been the type of girl who goes everywhere with a happy face and talks about the works of Bohr and Einstein all day long. As a hardworking young Asian woman studying physics and computer...
View ArticlePlus-Size Model Ashley Graham’s Historic Sports Illustrated Cover Proves...
Wanting to change yourself to meet arbitrary standards of beauty is completely overrated—and I’m happy to say that plus-size model Ashley Graham just proved that to the world. In a major move, Sports...
View ArticleUndiagnosed But Not Without A Voice
Not having a formal diagnosis made my journey through my eating disorder and to my recovery much more challenging. Four years ago, I was at my lowest weight during my struggle with anorexia. It was...
View ArticleElle Magazine’s “Talking Body” Series Is A Step In The Right Direction
How is it possible to change a long-established system? What influences diet culture —where do our societal perceptions of health and wellness come from? As someone recovering from an eating disorder,...
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