One minute I'm cleaning up Legos with my 3-year-old daughter. The next minute I'm conducting an impromptu anatomy lesson and desperately hoping not to flub it.
By Katherine Ozment May 5, 2009
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Beth Ditto may be a hip plus-size icon, but her new clothing line feels like an insulting throwback to a 1985 Kmart
By Kate Harding
July 10, 2009
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Well, it is. And it's OK to say it, because after decades of agonizing over my weight, I've finally realized that the F-word isn't dirty.
By Kate Harding
January 24, 2009
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I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan
November 18, 2008
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Please, women, don't speculate on my hips' suitability for childbearing!
By Cary Tennis
July 9, 2008
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Actress Rachel Wiesz takes a stand against the frozen forehead
By Sarah Hepola
July 10, 2009
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An ode to the joys of not enjoying "chick food"
By Rebecca Traister
July 7, 2009
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A new report warns against trying to emulate the super-fast weight loss of Hollywood mothers
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
June 24, 2009
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Could the pop star's new VH1 reality series actually succeed in challenging cultural ideas of beauty?
By Judy Berman
June 23, 2009
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At 75, the Partridge Family matriarch would be the oldest woman to go nude in the magazine. Is this empowering -- or just another cheap way to sexualize females of all ages?
By Rebecca Traister
May 11, 2009
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Broadsheet contributor Kate Harding talks about her new book, why diets don't work and learning to love yourself at any size.
By Sarah Hepola
May 6, 2009
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Is it wrong for airlines to charge obese passengers more? Broadsheet writers debate United Airlines' new policy.
By Sarah Hepola
April 20, 2009
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Why should skinny Botox beauties be the only ones who get to experience humiliation and shame?
By Sarah Hepola
March 31, 2009
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The world rejoices as Jenny Craig spokeswoman dons a bathing suit for People magazine's cover -- and there's so much that bums me out about this.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
March 27, 2009
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A 27-year-old woman makes some disturbing visits to New York-area plastic surgeons.
By Katie Rolnick
February 20, 2009
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Why boob implants signal the end of human history.
By Amy Benfer
February 12, 2009
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Forget Maxim. Nerve offers a list of the hottest women who are Size 10 and up.
By Amy Benfer
February 10, 2009
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The talk show queen's bathroom scale becomes a metaphor for our "bloated, depressed" selves.
By Amy Benfer
January 27, 2009
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Italians trade in feminism for sex appeal?
By Abby Margulies
December 3, 2008
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A round table discussion on Erin Aubry Kaplan's controversial piece about the "assets" of our future first lady.
By Sarah Hepola
November 19, 2008
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Looking at some of the terrific feminist writing on Salon's new social content site.
By Sarah Hepola
August 13, 2008
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A photo essay demonstrates that when it comes to the body types of Olympian athletes, there's more than one perfect 10.
By Catherine Price
August 5, 2008
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Joy Nash offers women some snappy comebacks to nasty remarks about their bodies.
By Kate Harding
June 24, 2008
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A celebration of the 5-foot-8, 300-pound model who is anything but "the staid, asexual, catalogue, muumuu chick."
By Kate Harding
June 20, 2008
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German author Charlotte Roche stirs controversy with a raunchy, feminist novel about female grooming.
By Logan Scherer
June 6, 2008
Mommy, what's a vagina?
A slap in the face to fat girls
Does my butt look fat?
First lady got back 
My hip-to-waist ratio is nobody's business but mine
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