Men often face scrutiny regarding their appearance, yet they lack a platform to express their feelings about it. Society has numerous expectations for how men should present themselves: tall but not ...
In college, I didn’t speak for an entire month. I wore headphones on campus and during grueling workouts at the gym, chomped heaps of dining hall chicken breasts alone, sat in the back of classes and ...
Teenagers who are unhappy with their bodies are more likely to develop symptoms of eating disorders and depression in early adulthood, according to a new study led by University College London (UCL) ...
We’ve come a long way as a culture when it comes to awareness of mental health conditions related to body image, like anorexia and binge eating disorder. But other issues remain less well-known and ...
When I asked real people why they post their workouts online, I received well over a hundred replies, many of them filled with venting about body image issues and unattainable beauty standards. That's ...
Men are judged on their appearance all the time. They just do not have a language for discussing it. There is no shortage of opinions about how men should look. Tall, but not awkwardly tall. Muscular, ...
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Most people see at least one part or aspect of their physical appearance that they don’t like. Constant exposure to idealized media images of flawless ...