I meet Christy Harrison in a crowded Brooklyn bar on the first night of summer in 2017. She’s an extremely pretty brunette with chic, angled bangs and a great navy-striped dress. There’s also something just a little bit guarded …
I meet Christy Harrison in a crowded Brooklyn bar on the first night of summer in 2017. She’s an extremely pretty brunette with chic, angled bangs and a great navy-striped dress. There’s also something just a little bit guarded …
Last month, in Why Fit is the New Thin, I explored how the “fitspiration” phenomenon can be uncomfortably reminiscent of the “thinspiration” phenomenon. They aren’t entirely identical; thinspiration is pretty much always about collecting pictures that glorify an unhealthy …
Time Magazine tells me there is a new and disturbing trend du jour: Teen girls posting YouTube videos in order to let the Interwebs decide the 2012 version of that age-old burning question: Hot or not?
A quick survey of …
Well, hello there, and welcome to National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
According to NEDA, “The aim of NEDAwareness Week is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while reducing the stigma surrounding eating disorders and improving access to …
Oprah and Tennie McCarty — “maverick” eating disorder therapist and star of the Oprah Winfrey Network’s new show “Addicted to Food” sure think so.
I have more complex opinions about this than can be whittled down to a 500 word …
Today on Never Say Diet, I’m talking about why disordered eating patterns continue to pop up in our 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond — and why they’re more likely to go undiagnosed in this age group.
By the way, …
The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of what we paid for beauty last week.
It was International Women’s Day on Tuesday. Whoops! I’m a bad (yet fashionable, see below) feminist for forgetting to blog about it. Especially because, this …
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