On Recognizing My Thin Privilege When I’ve Never Been Thin

by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | Beauty

Welcome back to the Learning Curve, a monthly column where we unpack the complicated experience of accepting your own body in a world that doesn’t seem to want you to. This month, Nicola examines the small-fat and mid-size communities’ inability to address...

Fine, I’ll Say It: I Hate It When Plus-Size Celebrities Lose Weight

by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Beauty

These are conversations, by the way, that the celebrities actively participated in by posting about weight loss on social media and/or allowing journalists to interview them about the topic. But whether or not the celebrity participates in it, the mainstream narrative...

You Can’t Gua Sha Away a Double Chin

by admin | Feb 22, 2023 | Beauty

For context, you should know that gua sha is not a new practice and its origins have nothing to do with aesthetics. “Gua sha is an ancient Chinese medicine practice that goes back centuries,” Sandra Chiu, a certified acupuncturist, herbalist, and...