Exercise
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks agoI Spent Years Sculpting My Ripped, Muscular Body. I Love It. My Husband Does Not.
Prioritize your body autonomy and communicate boundaries regarding weight changes for a partner's fetish.
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Relationships
fromIndependent
1 month agoAsk Allison: I'm recently married and I'm an average weight - but I keep getting asked publicly about my size and if I'm pregnant. Help!
Unsolicited comments about weight and pregnancy are inappropriate regardless of someone's body size, and people have the right to establish boundaries against such intrusive remarks.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoThe Guy I Was Hooking Up With Said Something Very Weird About My Hair Down Under. I Can't Look at Him the Same.
A person's body hair grooming choices are valid; unsolicited critical comments from casual partners about appearance warrant reconsidering the relationship.
Parenting
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago"I Needed A BREAK!": Elsie Hewitt Just Got Seriously Real About Her Decision Not To Breastfeed Her And Pete Davidson's Daughter, And People Are Applauding
Elsie Hewitt chose not to breastfeed her newborn daughter due to mastitis and physical complications following pregnancy and surgery.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoVirgin by Hollie McNish audiobook review myth-shattering poetry about purity and sex
Collection confronts myths of purity, reclaims bodily autonomy, condemns shaming for shared images, exposes gendered double standards and historical property-based origins of virginity.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoIf Epstein's victims don't receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Sexual abuse destroys bodily autonomy, self-worth, and agency, producing long-lasting psychological devastation compounded by societal misunderstanding and victim-blaming.
fromHyperallergic
5 months agoWe're All Pink on the Inside
soft weapons: Keep Your Fucking Hands Off My Body, an exhibition of works by 29 artists curated by Cassandra Neyenesch and Lydia Nobles, takes its name from the concept of "soft power" - influence exercised through means other than force - and Gordon Parks's famous declaration that his camera, that is, art-making, was his "choice of weapon." The body, it argues, is a site of freedom, a method to resist forces of suppression, surveillance, and systemic violence.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
6 months agoReview | Liberation' bares allliterally and politically | amNewYork
A group of women sits before us completely nude, unguarded, and unashamed. They are young and old, Black and white, straight and gay. Their bodies are diverse and real. This isn't a stunt or a provocation. It's an act of defiance and vulnerability—an exercise inspired by an article in the feminist magazine Ms. that urged women to reclaim their bodies and confront the shame society taught them to feel.
Women
fromwww.mercurynews.com
11 months agoDear Abby: She won't dye her hair for her husband? When did women get so touchy?
Hair color decisions should be personal and not dictated by a partner's preferences.
Women deserve autonomy over their appearance without feeling obligated to please their spouses.
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