Body Positivity
The ‘Cheat Day’ Selfie Pop-Up in LA Is Cute but Toxic
LA's newest selfie pop-up exhibit turns our unhealthy relationship with food into one long photo op.
How Kink Made These People’s Sex Lives Healthier
From relieving stress to consent education, getting kinky has a lot of benefits.
Athletic Women Talk About the Abuse They Receive
"I've been called a man and a bull and told that no guy will ever want to go out with me."
How to Find a Fat-Positive Doctor Who Won't Just Tell You to Lose Weight
In many doctors’ opinions, weight loss is the only treatment for fat patients regardless of their health concerns, as though the answers to our problems are written all over our bodies. But I have the right to be fat and healthy.
I Love My Big Boobs, But Bra Shopping Is a Nightmare
While we’re celebrating women of all shapes, let’s make big bras less horrible.
In the Future, I'm Fat
An excerpt from Virgie Tovar's new book, "You Have the Right to Remain Fat," about the hard-won accomplishment of discarding the idea that she should one day be thin.
Celebrities Need to Stop Endorsing Detox Teas
Cardi B is the last person I'd expect to go full Kim Kardashian on me with this weight-loss product endorsement.
I Want to Celebrate Freedom for All Bodies at Carnival
Its runways often center conventionally-sized, racially ambiguous, fair-skinned women.
These Very Glam Portraits Celebrate the Beauty of Double Chins
For its latest issue, London-based queer zine Polyester wanted to highlight the double chin as part of a message of fat acceptance and body positivity.
51 Ways to Make the World Less Hostile to Fat People
First, learn that "fat" isn't a negative adjective.
We Asked People How They Feel About Casual Nudity with Sexual Partners
"It’s a way to be free and not sexualized," says one person. Another just doesn't have air conditioning.
'Summer,' Today's Comic by Rebecca Kirby
A girl shares how she gets reacquainted with her body when the weather gets warmer.