The way we see ourselves or feel in our skin and our perception of how the rest of the world sees us is called our body image. Body image is closely linked to self-esteem. As children, we adopt ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

Growing up in the early aughts, so-called women’s magazines, read furtively in the library, were my religion. I was a true believer, zealously committing the good books — Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and ...

The way clothes fit isn’t just about height or size. It’s also about proportions—the quiet geometry of your body. Your torso ...