For many young and impressionable individuals, scrolling through the "For You" Page on TikTok is like walking a very thin line between uplifting body-positive content and a toxic plethora of eating disorder triggers. It's a dangerous place where everything is seemingly tailored to keep you from closing the app. Say you spend a few extra…
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"EXTRA" On View through August 12th, 2018 The Hole, 312 Bowery, NYC From Baroque artist Peter Rubens to the world-renowned Fernando Botero, curvy women have been painted in art, encouraging a conversation about the need to celebrate body inclusivity. Soho’s contemporary art gallery, The Hole, has compiled a collection of some of the most recent…
Advertisements for diets and plastic surgery "fixes" are frequently in the media, on billboards, and even plastered around our daily commute. Americans are notorious for their constant desire to lose weight and lose it fast by popping a diet pill or drinking lemonade mixtures for three weeks. But the massive infatuation that spreads through a…