I Miss Fat Jonah Hill (And Other Mostly Pointless Celebrity Observations, In No Particular Order)
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com OBSERVATION 1: I miss fat Jonah Hill. I know it’s not cool to say it, and believe me, I believe in a person’s right to do what they will with their bodies, but I miss fat Jonah Hill. I think it’s because I like seeing “one of us” in the […]
This Is Thin Privilege: Why Melissa McCarthy Makes “This Is 40″ Worth Watching
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Those of you who read this blog often know that I’m kind of a comedy nerd. Even though I often find Judd Apatow movies somewhat sexist, I still watch them to see some of my favorite comedic actors doing their thing. And also, I’ve had a thing for Paul Rudd […]
You Have My Permission To Love And Accept Your Body, Just As It Is, Right This Minute
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Of course, you don’t actually need my permission to love your body, right? Who the frick am I to give you permission to love your body?! That’s your choice, isn’t it? No one has the right to give you permission or to take away permission. So if I can’t […]
Big Fat STARES And How To Deal With Them
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com When it comes to being stared at, I consider myself lucky. I don’t find people staring at me very much. Maybe it’s because I’ve retained a bit of what my college friends called “The Golda Walk” where you basically walk around NYC looking like a badass when you’re really […]
Profile In Flabulousness: Nancy Upton (She’s The Next Big Thing, For Real)
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Even if you don’t totally recognize the name Nancy Upton, you have seen her pictures everywhere. For the last two weeks, news outlets and blogs have been abuzz about the woman who entered American Apparel’s Next Big Thing Contest by sending in pictures of herself bathed in ranch dressing, eating in […]
The Real Deal On Body Acceptance
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com As you may have heard by now, former body acceptance advocate Jess Weiner was interviewed by Glamour about how loving her body almost killed her. In the article she shares how, for her, body acceptance had meant not checking in on her health. I and many other bloggers have already picked […]
Body Love SAVED Me: Share Your Story
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Thanks to former body acceptance advocate Jess Weiner’s misinformation campaign, body acceptance has been getting a bad rap as something dangerous and unhealthy. NOTHING could be further from the truth. I know many of you of have experienced body acceptance as a healing, loving, and transformational force in your life. […]
On Jess Weiner And Why Loving Your Body WON’T Kill You
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com As you may have heard by now, former body acceptance advocate Jess Weiner was interviewed by Glamour about how loving her body almost killed her. Luckily, she learned to hate her body just in time! In this horrendous article, Weiner takes us down a triggery, slippery slope to show us […]
Five Tips For Fat Positive Flirting
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com I used to be convinced that I didn’t know how to flirt. I thought that flirting was some weird thing that involved being super-coquettish and devastatingly charming. But I’ve learned that the thing that I thought of as flirting is just one way of flirting. In reality, there are […]
Profile In Flabulousness: Velvet D’Amour
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Velvet D’Amour is a Renaissance woman in the truest sense. Born in Rochester, New York, Velvet went to Paris in her late 20’s to pursue dance and photography, and since then she has walked the runways of Paris (at age 39 and weighing around 300 pounds), been sought after […]