Meet Our Newest Contributor: Amy Kirkpatrick!
Amy graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Majoring in Theatre, and minoring in Film Studies. She then went on to become a lighting designer and worked at top Vancouver nightclubs lighting bands and DJ’s. Her classical studies in piano as a child, and self-taught guitar skills (thanks to her father leaving his guitars lying around the house) lead to a career in music. Having spent the last 3 years under the band name Data Romance, and touring North America several times, she is now…
Meet our newest contributor: Lindsay Henry!
Lindsay Henry is a small-town girl from St. Charles, Mich., who loves ketchup, writing and girl power. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Interpersonal Communication and a Master of Arts degree in Communication from Central Michigan University, where she focused her research on romantic relationships and how women respond to breakups. Lindsay is also a freelance writer and blogger; her passions include writing and helping girls and women with relationship-related issues. Check out Lindsay’s blog, Tales of a Twenty-Something, which chronicles her awkward twenty-something life,…
Suit Urself: The benefits of body acceptance
This entire summer, the Suit Urself Swimsuit Challenge has been all about body acceptance. We wrote about why body image challenges are important and the endless ways that bad body image and low self-esteem hold you back. This week, we want to show you what you’ll gain when you lose the negative feelings toward your body! Body image is the mental representation we create of what we think we look like; which may or may not bear a close relation to how others actually see us. It is subject to…
Suit Urself: Meet the Fat-shionistas
The Suit Urself Swimsuit Challenge is still going strong (check out our gallery)! For this week’s Suit Urself post, it’s important to give credit where it’s due. Supporting the body-positive movement, there have been a few key players who are making waves. Meet the fat-shionistas! Perhaps the biggest push for body acceptance was the coming of the “fatkini.” Larger women have struggled to find swimsuits that flattered their figures and wouldn’t subject them to wearing unfashionable one-pieces for a long time. The fatkini changed that, and you should know who the woman…
Suit Urself: How to deal with body-snarking and judgmental comments
Is it August already?! Month one of the Suit Urself Swimsuit Challenge is complete, and we’ve gotten some amazing participation (check out our gallery)! Last week, we talked about the OTHER things we fret over (body hair, acne, scars, birthmarks, etc.) when it comes to body-baring in “It’s not just about size.” Over the past few weeks, we’ve been posting lots of feel-good information on how to get on better terms with your body and rev up the confidence. The only problem is, the only person you can improve is…
