Stories
Afghan Girls in Rwanda Receive a Be Body Positive Workshop
Afghan Girls in Rwanda Receive a Be Body Positive Workshop posted by Elizabeth Scott / April 28, 2023School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) Begins Again in Rwanda Remember the images of the airport in Kabul as thousands of desperate people attempted to leave...
Mud & Magnolia: Declaring Your Authentic Beauty This Spring
Mud & Magnolia: Declaring Your Authentic Beauty This Spring posted by Martha Krausz / April 10, 2023 On the night of the vernal equinox (here in the northern hemisphere), I participated in a meditation with spiritual guide and yoga teacher, Clara Roberts...
Will You Be Your Valentine? Gifts for Cultivating Self-Love
Will You Be Your Valentine? Gifts for Cultivating Self-Love posted by Martha Krausz/ February 14, 2023 When I was in college studying Virginia Woolf among the Jersey-cowed fields of rural Massachusetts, my mother would send me boxes of See’s Candy. In February,...
Now… Now… and Now…
Now... Now... and Now... posted by Connie Sobczak / July 31, 2021 “It’s human nature to want to bind ourselves to the parts of life we hold dear whether those parts are actual people, events, items, or dreams. We want to fasten them to us so they’re safe and...
The Personal and the Political: Body Neutrality and Body Positivity
The Personal and the Political: Body Neutrality and Body Positivity posted by Leah Berkenwald / May 24, 2021The views expressed in this op-ed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Brandeis University or The Body Positive. Something...
Fat Liberation, Diet Culture, and Reimagining Our World
Fat Liberation, Diet Culture, and Reimagining Our World posted by Dariana Guerrero / May 14, 2021Trigger Warnings: diet culture, shaming, fatphobia, descriptions of dieting, and disordered eating In 1973 a group of radical fat therapists created The Fat...
How Cultivating Self-Love Supports Social Justice
How Cultivating Self-Love Supports Social Justice posted by Elizabeth Scott / December 16, 2020The practice of turning towards our critical voice with curiosity and kindness is the foundation of social justice work. Why? If we can become aware of how our aggression...
