How I Changed My Mindset and Said "I’m Pretty"
Never look to others to know your own worth.
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The Steps You Should Take to Start Loving Your Body
The road towards loving your body can be a long and challenging one as it can be really hard to feel truly confident in your own skin...
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I Gained Weight in College, & Here's Why That’s Okay
Here's how I learned to love my body for what it is.
Tips to Embrace Body Positivity
Body Positivity is tough. Everyone says “be more body positive” but on the other hand, we still consistently see airbrushed model after...
Being Strong in a Skinny World
Even though society seems to understand body types a bit better now, we still face a lack of representation in the media; Barbara Palvin is considered Victoria’s Secret’s first plus-size model at 5’8 and 120 pounds, Danielle Brooks called out the fashion industry for lacking representation for actual plus-size women and thinness is still desired as the current beauty trend in many parts of the world.
Growing Outside of Your Comfort Zone
When you have a talented photographer friend from Charlotte, North Carolina, who wants to take your pictures, using your beautiful home...
The Top 5 Body Positivity Songs
Beauty standards and body image have always been two controversial topics for discussion in our society. Although everyone can experience...
Bodies Are Not Fruit
For as long as I can remember, I have been told that I was pear. No, people were not comparing my sweet personality to the flavour of the...
5 Inclusive Swimwear Lines
Cup sizes? Hallelujah!
Body Positive Brands for Every Booty
Living in a world where the term “body positivity” can be both a dinner table conversation and an Instagram hashtag has us all BLESSED. The...
Why You Should Ditch Your Diet
Dieting does not equal health or happiness
Women Have the Right to Be Heard
Too many times have I been the victim of silence and too many times have I witnessed women suffer the same. Specifically, it is still too...
My Weight Does Not Define Me
This is a personal reflection on how my weight has changed the way I look at myself and how it allowed my to become a more confident person DISCLAIMER: These are my personal viewpoints on how I have struggled with being overwreight and how it came to affect me. I am not saying anything about other people who have different body types than me and all these opinions are my own and no one told me to give these opinions
How I Dealt with the Freshman 15
Being college students and living on-campus, we are bound to experience the infamous Freshman 15 during our first year, or at least I did...
Don't Let Beauty Ruin Your Body Positivity
It's great to say that everyone is beautiful, but why does someone have to be beautiful to have worth?
Get with The Times with Ashley Graham
Wake Forest University’s HerCampus chapter hosted a watch party and tuned into The New York Times “Get with the Times” livestream featuring...
Why You Should Throw Out the Scale
That little machine in the corner with the spinning dial that tells you how much you weigh is not really your friend, trust me. Want to...
How to Have Better Conversations With Your Body
"I realized that I wasn’t treating or talking to my body like the friend it is."
How Ashley Graham Has Inspired Change in My Life
Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been a bit bigger for my size. I can remember being 11 years old and telling myself I was...
Be Your OWN Hype Gal
We live in an era that places far too great a value on numbers: number of followers, number of dollars in our bank of account, and number...
