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.

There’s no such thing as an “ideal” body shape, regardless of what some may try to tell you. Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. That’s part of what makes each of us unique. It’s important ...

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 ...

There's probably not that much you can claim Marilyn Monroe, your grandma, and members of your friendship group have in common, besides a shared belief that an hourglass figure is the 'ideal' body ...

A perfect hourglass figure is a body shape that few people have naturally, and may be hard to achieve. It’s best to focus on getting stronger, fitter, or healthier, rather than striving for an ideal ...

I have to admit something you may find kind of odd. I think women who have an hourglass body shape are ridiculously attractive. I know. I know. It feels like an anti-feminist declaration given all of ...