July is Fibroid Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to a common, yet under discussed women’s health issue. Despite the prevalence of fibroids and the difficulties they present in women, many are unaware of the treatment options available, and they may assume a hysterectomy is the only viable treatment. In fact, a whopping […]
#EmbraceAmbition
I learned about the Embrace Ambition Campaign by the Tory Burch Foundation and it touched me deeply, since I have been discriminated against, talked about and cut out of some mean girls’ circles with the stigma of being ambitious. Some of those circles claim to embrace “sister power”, yet they have discriminated against me – the […]
Girls Who Love Sports Are Basically Unicorns, According To Sexist T-Shirt
If you haven’t heard, women don’t like sports. According to a recent sexist t-shirt, at least. According to a t-shirt sold by clothing company Live Love Gameday, girls who love baseball and football are rare unicorns that men should “wife up” ASAP. And it’s making people on the Internet rightfully angry. The Dallas-based retailer also sells […]
Women Who Spend A Lot Of Time On Their Looks Make More Money
There’s a scene in the 2006 movie “The Devil Wears Prada” where Anne Hathaway’s character, Andrea Sachs, gets a makeover that literally makes her better at her job. A trip to the fashion closet and the beauty department at Runway, the film’s thinly veiled stand-in for Vogue magazine, transforms Andy from an ugly-duckling failure of a […]
Precious Lee Makes An Eye-Opening Point About Plus-Size Models
On a gorgeous, sunny day in New York City Monday, a group of fashionable men and women gathered on a roof deck at the United Nations to ogle Christian Siriano’s latest collection. But the show was different than those Siriano has staged in the past. This time, the models sauntering down the runway in bold, […]
Model Denise Bidot Shares An Inspiring Open Letter To Her Daughter
Model Denise Bidot has some touching words to share with her daughter this Mother’s Day. In a new HuffPost Originals video, Bidot recites a letter she wrote to her daughter, Joselyn, about the importance of self love. She discusses growing up watching her own mother struggle with body image issues, which negatively affected her view of […]
