My Breast Surgeon Asked Me Why I Didn’t Want to Be “Normal”
Imagine the surprise of the writer, recently diagnosed with cancer, arguing with her female doctor over whether to reconstruct her breasts.
Body Image
In Defense of Dove’s “Female-Empowerment” Marketing
The company’s latest #SpeakBeautiful campaign has the haters out in full force. But could their seemingly insincere tactics have a genuine effect?
Cindy Crawford Nearly Started a Revolution
Unretouched images of the former supermodel’s postpartum body may seem shocking. But to most women, they’re a reflection of reality—one well worth celebrating.
Dear Julie: Advice About Body Image and a Play Date Gone Wrong
DAME’s Friendkeeper gets real about women’s weight talk and helps a mom deal with the parent whose son shunned her kid.
My Anorexia Was Not About Body Image
The writer first began starving herself at 7. But losing weight was the last thing on her mind.
I Will Never Wear a Bikini
But thank goodness for women who do: The “fatkini” is an eff you to our culture's narrow standards of sexiness.
Don’t Hate Clinton Kelly Because You’re Beautiful
The former co-host of "What Not to Wear," who spent a decade counseling hundreds of women argues that most of us DO want to look—and feel—pretty. And confident.
The Great Funny Girl Cover Up
Why are ‘Vogue’ and ‘Elle’ cropping, cloaking, and Photoshopping the crap out of female comics Mindy Kaling, Melissa McCarthy, and Lena Dunham?
Lena Dunham Is Not Putting Her Clothes On Anytime Soon, So Get Used It!
Stop your bitchin’, Molloy—and you, too, Stern.