En Vogue sang it best when they belted out these eight simple words – “Free your mind and the rest will follow.” Except when I say it {or in this case, write it}, I’m not talking about prejudice or racism. I’m talking about having body confidence. Body confidence is something that everyone, females and males alike, have struggled with at one time or another in their lives. Body confidence doesn’t come from trying to achieve the “perfect” body. It comes from embracing the one you’ve already got. Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about taking control of your […]
Taking Control of Your Own Shape
“I’m taking control of my own shape.” – Hannah, played by Lena Dunham in Girls In the first season of Girls, Hannah (played by Lena Dunham) acknowledge the issue with social shaming when Adam questions her many tattoos. “Truthfully, I gained a bunch of weight very quickly and I felt very out of control of my own body and it was very riot grrl idea, like ‘I’m taking control of my own shape’.” When Adam further questions her about whether she has tried to lose weight, Hannah responds, “No, I have not tried a lot to lose weight because I […]