Grammy-winning pop star Lizzo is nothing if not confident. The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris 2020 campaigner has publicly confirmed that by posting a new video on social media while declaring how beautiful she is.
According to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, social media giant Facebook is aware that its Instagram photo-sharing platform can have a negative effect on the body image of young women. One of Instagram’s internal presentations admits: “We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.”
Feminist scholar Julia Coffey of the University of Newcastle in Australia was shocked when she learned that men care about their physical appearances.
Pacific Islanders are upset over Disney’s portly depiction of demigod Maui in the studio’s upcoming animated film Moana.
Disney princesses and other fictional film and television characters that boast unrealistically skinny body types can negatively impact young girls’ self-esteem and body confidence, a study claims.
The New York Times has some advice for parents considering what costume their preteen girls should wear this Halloween: Go “sexy.”
Demi Lovato stripped down for an impromptu nude photo shoot for Vanity Fair magazine this week, but the pop star had four conditions for the shoot – no makeup, no lighting, no retouching, and no clothing.
Over a third of obese teenagers don’t consider themselves as out of shape and think their weight is “about right”, a new study has revealed. The lead author partially blames media representation of fat people and the normalisation of obesity
An infant onesie is causing a frenzy on social media, after consumers ridiculed apparel company Wry Baby for what they deemed as “fat shaming” of babies. Ms. Magazine senior editor Michele Kort condemned the company for “projecting fat awareness” on
