“Beauty is not long hair, skinny legs, tanned skin or perfect teeth. Believe me. Beauty is the face of who cried and now smiles, beauty is the scar on your knee since you fell when you were a kid, ...

Learning to love your body after a mastectomy represents a deeply personal and emotional journey. For many, the surgery symbolizes survival and strength, but it also brings physical and emotional ...

The shift from “fix your body” to “love yourself” is framed as feminist progress, but Esra Saleh explains how oppression is ...

For years, the dominant message behind body positivity has been clear: learn to love your body. While this message has helped many people push back against harmful beauty standards, it can sometimes ...

Body positivity is not at all about vanity, or standing in front of the mirror every day screaming, “I love my thighs!” like a motivational speaker, like they show in those irritating commercials.

There is a day we New Yorkers quietly celebrate, that we don’t have a name for. It’s the morning when I can feel the earth peel back her blanket and stretch out for the first time in months. For once, ...

Studies show that kids as young as 3 years old can have body image concerns. Author Susan Verde was an elementary school teacher who saw kids forming judgments about their bodies very early on and ...

Body positivity began in the 1960s as a movement to challenge societal norms around beauty and to affirm that all bodies are worthy of love and respect. It encourages people to love their bodies no ...