We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way.

Our first experience of life is primarily felt in the *body.* … We know ourselves in the security of those who hold us and gaze upon us. It’s not heard or seen or thought it’s...

For the first time in history, children are growing up whose earliest sexual imprinting derives not from a living human being, or fantasies of their own; since the 1960s pornographic upsurge, the sexuality of children...

There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.

The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized locus of self-worth saves lives. Western men are very different....

Do something every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body.

Real love, real friends, real body parts…

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

At least a third of a woman’s life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition–so that women will only feel...

Right. I look fine. Except I don’t,’ said Zora, tugging sadly at her man’s nightshirt. This was why Kiki had dreaded having girls: she knew she wouldn’t be able to protect them from self-disgust. To...

I’m not going to miss 95% of life to weigh 5% less.

Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it’s about knowing who you are. It’s about recognizing what sustains you and what exhausts you. What you love and what you think you love because...

We survey lush landscapes with variations not dissimilar to a so-called “imperfect” female body with absolute pleasure — say, an expanse of Irish countryside with grassy rolling hills. But is it really so much uglier...

Why should her lover, just because he is male, be in a position to judge her against other women? Why must she need to know her position and hate needing to, and hate knowing? Why...

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.