Entries Tagged as 'body image'

OUR GIRLS, OURSELVES

October 5th, 2011 2 Comments

This 60-second video captures my fears about my daughters growing up in our crazy, body-image-obsessed culture.  (“The world is insane,” says meditation teacher Adyashanti.  ”Stop expecting it to be otherwise!”) Is it inevitable that A and C will go through the same body-loathing I’ve experienced over the years?  As women and mothers, how do we [...]

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The Secret

March 17th, 2011 No Comments

“Is that you, Mommy?” asks A. She’s caught me perusing the Victoria’s Secret catalogue, where a 19-year-old Brazilian goddess pouts for the camera in a turquoise plunge push-up bra.  Other than both having brownish hair and breasts, this nymphet and I look nothing alike.  I feel the warm glow of pleasure that comes from a [...]

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The Shape of Girls

October 11th, 2009 No Comments

“Every person has a shape.  I am a star,” says my 4-year-old at dinner.  She’s perched naked before a meal of raspberry yogurt and noodles with butter. “That’s wonderful, honey, you ARE a star, ” I say, thrilled by her uninhibited confidence, her peculiar imagination.  “What shape are you, C?”  But her little sister has [...]

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