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Exercise-tracking smartwatches are detrimental to a healthy body image

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

This article discusses eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers. The Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line can be reached at 1-800-875-6213. In the summer of eighth grade, I learned what it meant to be obsessive over my health and body weight. It started with a flimsy purple...

A ‘new normal’ should mean a new outlook on body image

Written on October 1, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

The body image ideals we carried into the pandemic were unrealistic and unhealthy. As we slowly emerge from this public health crisis, let’s establish a new normal for body image, too. Spending the last year and a half inside created an interesting contradiction. While days spent at home meant there...

Billie Eilish’s ‘Vogue’ cover is a celebration of individual expression

Written on May 31, 2021. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

A mere six minutes after Billie Eilish posted her cover of British Vogue to Instagram, the image surpassed one million likes. The photo, which features Eilish posed in soft hued 1950s pin-up lingerie with platinum hair, broke the internet as it ushered in Eilish’s sophomore album, Happier Than Ever. Like...

Navigating my body image following an abortion

Written on March 12, 2021. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

This piece mentions abortion and may be triggering for some readers. The Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line can be reached at 1-800-875-6213. For a while now, I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect pair of white, straight leg jeans. I’ve visualized the pants in my head—they’ll hug...

How the pandemic is changing my relationship with my body

Written on March 5, 2021. Posted in Lifestyle.

This article discusses eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers. The Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line can be reached at 1-800-875-6213. A lot of things I love have been taken away by the pandemic, but one thing I have gained this past year is a greater appreciation for...

It’s time to talk about male eating disorders

Written on February 9, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

Most can identify disordered eating patterns in women, but we don’t often talk about what those patterns might look like in men. That needs to change. Male eating disorders are a reality that, because of stigmatization and lack of awareness, often fall under the radar. When we think of eating disorders,...

The public has no right to discuss Billie Eilish’s body

Written on October 16, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

Earlier this week, Billie Eilish stepped out onto a sidewalk in casual clothes. Wearing a tank top and long shorts, the 18-year-old looked like every other teenager in the world. But unlike every teenager in the world, a paparazzi snapped a photo. In response to the image’s release, Twitter lit up...

Transitioning to adulthood in leggings and a hoodie

Written on September 11, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

As a child, I hated shopping for clothes. Every summer, I would have to be dragged to the mall by my family to buy new clothes for the upcoming school year. They would pull things off the shelves, trying exceptionally hard to find clothing I liked. On the rare occasion we would find something I...

Confronting my relationship with body positivity

Written on July 27, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

When I was in the third grade visiting family in Bangladesh, I wore a lot of short skirts and shorts to keep cool in a tropical climate. I remember watching TV one afternoon with the windows open. I was sprawled across the couch, sweat beading down my forehead, craving an iced cappuccino and wishing...

What fitness has taught me about the human condition

Written on March 6, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

I’ve been overweight for most of my life. I was a bookish, geeky kid who stayed indoors, raised by an indulgent, foodie mother. My weight issues weren’t mysterious to anyone, especially me. This framed my adolescence and early adulthood in the usual ways. I won’t bore you with stories of how I was...

Aidy Bryant’s 'Shrill' is the self-love narrative viewers need

Written on March 22, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

Hulu’s Shrill has accomplished more productive dialogue about the modern young woman’s experience in its first season than Girls did in its entire series. In the pilot episode of Shrill, Saturday Night Live alum Aidy Bryant’s new show, her character Annie gets an abortion, publishes her first article...

#AerieREAL more than just good marketing

Written on February 5, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

Aerie was the place I bought my first bra, as it was for a lot of my fellow undergarment-wearing ladies. The store was and still is inviting to women of all sizes, especially today with their on-going #AerieREAL campaign. In 2014, the lingerie company vowed to stop casting supermodels and airbrushing...

Letter to the editor: February 2

Written on February 2, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Dear Editor, In the Jan. 22 article titled, “Strong isn’t the new skinny,” Kate Meagher discussed the shift in social media’s celebration of seemingly rake-thin Victoria Secret models toward strong and healthy women — a shift propelled by the hashtag #fitspiration, and a shift Meagher deemed a façade,...

Strong isn’t the new skinny

Written on January 22, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

If you want to believe the Instagram posts, it’s finally hot for girls to be athletic. It’s sexy to squat. It’s hip to be fit. Except it isn’t. Recently, a trend towards the celebration of fitness has arisen on social media, like a phoenix from the ashes of super skinny models of days gone by. This...

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: not so angelic

Written on November 27, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

While December marks the beginnings of the Holiday season, it also celebrates the airing of the much-anticipated Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. According to the Los Angeles Times, the show racked in over 9.1 million viewers last year. This year’s show will air on Dec. 8 at 10 p.m. and will likely...

The truth behind fat shaming

Written on October 2, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Fat shaming, spawned from body shaming, is a controversial issue full of misconceptions and hurt. In her YouTube video “Dear Fat People”, online personality Nicole Arbour invalidates the idea of fat shaming by claiming that “it is not a thing”. Other quotable moments include, “you’re too fat and...

Spray can aimed in the wrong direction

Written on September 25, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Accusatory vandalism has no place in promoting body positivity. Last week, a subway rider in Toronto pulled a dry-erase marker from her purse and added to what someone had already written across an ad for the Toronto Cosmetic Clinic — “you don’t need this.” Ads like this one reinforce the normalization...

The balancing act of self-love and healthy living

Written on June 30, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

When it comes to body image, we’re told to either embrace our curves or shave off a couple of pounds to reach our health goals. While it’s hard to commit to one movement, I found a happy medium between both: practicing self-love while leading a healthy lifestyle. Traditionally, we believe skinny is...

AuthenticallyU: Promoting positive body image

Written on October 31, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Disordered eating and other concerns associated with a negative body image have become more widely understood as serious and pervasive, but it can still be hard to find support from sympathetic voices on campus. Dani Keren, a fourth-year life sciences student, is seeking to change that reality. She’s...

Issue 16: Darts & Laurels

Written on October 22, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

Darts Threats to press freedom Press freedom is under threat in the U.K. and the US, as greater regulation and governmental interference becomes the norm. In the US, the Obama administration has cracked down on whistleblowers and conducted shocking surveillance of news media. In Canada, Prime Minister...

Tag: body image

Exercise-tracking smartwatches are detrimental to a healthy body image

A ‘new normal’ should mean a new outlook on body image

Billie Eilish’s ‘Vogue’ cover is a celebration of individual expression

Navigating my body image following an abortion

How the pandemic is changing my relationship with my body

It’s time to talk about male eating disorders

The public has no right to discuss Billie Eilish’s body

Transitioning to adulthood in leggings and a hoodie

Confronting my relationship with body positivity

What fitness has taught me about the human condition

Aidy Bryant’s 'Shrill' is the self-love narrative viewers need

#AerieREAL more than just good marketing

Letter to the editor: February 2

Strong isn’t the new skinny

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: not so angelic

The truth behind fat shaming

Spray can aimed in the wrong direction

The balancing act of self-love and healthy living

AuthenticallyU: Promoting positive body image

Issue 16: Darts & Laurels

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