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My Boudoir Photos Helped Me Appreciate The "Real" Me

So excited, so excited, so excited, wait, what? Wait, is that really me? Holy shit.

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"Dancing is one of the most amazing things a young girl can grow up doing."

The Muscle Game: Teaching Dancers To Love Their Bodies Via Anatomy

I can't help but wonder, what could be different if I start teaching my little girls at a young age what the muscles are under all those body parts that the magazines will be so quick to label as flawed in a few years when my girls start reading them?

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Lexi Herrick, modestly beautiful.

Slut-Shaming And Modesty-Shaming Are Equally Poisonous

As women, we live in the ultimate lose-lose situation. The ways in which we display our sexuality and bodies are constantly being evaluated and condemned for any reason people can conceive.

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the author, Melissa Fabello.

What If Body Acceptance Doesn't Work? How About Body Neutrality

Body neutrality is having hot sex with your partner and never overthinking the way that your ass smacks against their thighs. It’s not being embarrassed that you have fat on your body that is affected both by gravity and inertia, nor necessarily feeling sexier because you have fat on your body that is affected both by gravity and inertia. It’s enjoying that moment of intimacy, being comfortable in your body.

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Ask Momma Bare VIDEO Version: I Hate My Naked Body

Loving our bodies is hard! Today in Ask Momma Bare, how can you love yourself more.

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image: Disney/Pixar

Inside Out: How Pixar Fails At Body Positivity And, Well, Everything

Children are tiny, impressionable sponges. And small children, presumably the movie’s target audience, are the most impressionable.

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Why You Should Love Amy Schumer

I immediately developed a hot-and-heavy girlcrush on the wild, wacky, brash, candid, feminist, rubber-faced comedian—and you should too.

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