Body Shaming
We’re a Plus-Sized Couple. Here’s What Love, Life, and Sex are Like For Us.
From dealing with rampant fat shaming to figuring out positions that work for them, one couple shares their journey together with us.
She Wanted a Perfect Wedding Dress. She Was Told She Didn’t Have the Body for It.
Fat-shaming brides is disturbingly common in India.
As a Gay Man, I Have Been Relentlessly Body-Shamed on Dating Apps. Turns Out, I Am Not Alone
“Thank God you’re not a woman, because you’re so ugly no man would ever fuck you.”
10 Questions You Always Wanted to Ask an Indian Hand Model
"People don't realize it, but it's a lot of work. You have to keep your hands stiff and hold them in one place for hours."
If ‘Insatiable’ Wanted to Skewer Fatphobia, It Should Have Cast a Fat Actress
There are better ways to joke about body shame, and 'Dietland' pulls it off.
Women Talk About the Worst Body Shaming They've Experienced
"I've been told that I look like a reptile and that my skin is repulsive."
Why I Tracked My Trolls Across the Planet to Shame Them
We get to choose the kind of world we live in. Sometimes that means calling up the parents of teens spewing hate on the internet.
Stop Talking About Cyborg's One Positive Steroid Test
Are Cyborg's detractors really that concerned about a four and a half year old positive test? Or is it just a cover for that time old tradition of body-shaming women in sports?
Should We Be Concerned By the Rise of Labia Surgery In the UK?
An advert offering vag surgery has been banned because it suggests the average labia is not "natural" – is this indicative of our wider view?
Har Mar Superstar: "It Amazes Me How Much People Expect Musicians to be Waifs"
Har Mar's releasing his new LP on Julian Casablancas's Cult Records, but the day this emerged some press took potshots at his physique. He addresses the issue here.