Tag Archives: body image
Boycott Ralph Lauren, American Apparel and others who exploit women
Just wanted to share a fabulous blog from the UK which Susie Orbach is involved in creating. It’s called “AnyBody” and updates you on the most recent developments of body image catastrophes and triumphs across the global fashion world. Definitely one to keep on your “favourites”. I just signed a petition boycotting American Apparel for [...]
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Also tagged activism, boycott American Apparel, boycott Ralph Lauren, plus size models, size acceptance, susie orbach
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Review of Susie Orbach’s latest book: “Bodies”
I had the pleasure of meeting with Susie Orbach in person last summer while in London visiting family and I bow to her- I consider her the ‘matriarch’ of the healthy body image movement and think she is not only a brilliant therapist, but a fabulous writer to boot. She was kind enough to endorse [...]
Happy International Women’s Day!
I realise International Women’s Day was yesterday, but I was too busy seeing clients to blog. However, this turned out to be a blessing because I found this awesome post by one of my body image allies in London, UK who totally rocked the House of Commons yesterday (alongside one of our other fearless leaders, [...]
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Also tagged activism, eating disorders, england, feminism, penny red, real women, recovery, susie orbach
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7 Empowering Tips to Improve Your Body Image
I am delighted to share with you a wonderful piece contributed to this blog by my colleague and positive body image ally, Margarita Tartakovsky, MS, author of Weightless, a blog about body image, the skinny fad and freedom from numbers.
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Also tagged eating disorders, empowerment, loving your body, margarita Tartakovsky, not dieting, weightless, women
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Males and Eating Disorders
In this blog post, I’ve decided to tackle the topic of males with eating
disorders for a couple of reasons: 1) I am working with more men with
this problem than ever before and have noticed a huge rise in this
phenomenon as an Eating Disorders Therapist and 2) I feel that we don’t
discuss how boys and men [...]
