Body image

  • GLP-1’s, weight loss and how to deal with it

    GLP-1’s, weight loss and how to deal with it

    For a long time, I didn’t find it right to comment on any celebrities’ bodies, because it’s not my business nor anyone else’s, but now it’s overly concerning and dangerous.

  • Every body is a bikini body

    Every body is a bikini body

    “The industry needs to recognize that clothes should be made for the bodies that wear them, not the other way around. People shouldn’t have to change their weight, proportions or self-esteem in order to fit into a piece of fabric.”

  • Tackling the toxic body checking trend

    Tackling the toxic body checking trend

    Body checking is not about confidence and accepting oneself. It is about tearing down others by promoting an ideal body standard.

  • Wear what you want

    Wear what you want

    Co-opinion editor Katie Freeman explains why the concept of ‘pulling something off’ doesn’t exist and that you should stop worrying about what everyone else is thinking.

  • Why the barbell is not as scary as you think

    Why the barbell is not as scary as you think

    Columnist Alexandra Cordill shares the benefits of weightlifting for women.

  • Campus promotes positive body image

    The week of Feb. 24 through March 2 brings awareness to eating disorders across the United States. At Butler University, the seven-day period will combat and bring to light a much wider scope of mental and physical concerns. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week will continue today with a showing of the documentary film “America the…