Comments on: Body Image http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/ Exploring transitional spaces between Life and Motherhood. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tabbitha http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-830 Tabbitha Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:02:25 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-830 <i>She is three years old and doesn’t know that she is supposed to hate her body.</i> Profound. Great read. She is three years old and doesn’t know that she is supposed to hate her body.

Profound. Great read.

]]> By: Julia http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-473 Julia Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:35:20 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-473 Hi Shelley, Remember Dr. Seuss', The Sneetches? Or Max Lucado's, You are Special? I wish that we could all let our "baggage" fall off, be they "stars" or "dots." I'm ready to go to Peru and learn to salsa! Let's get together soon. Hi Shelley,
Remember Dr. Seuss’, The Sneetches? Or Max Lucado’s, You are Special? I wish that we could all let our “baggage” fall off, be they “stars” or “dots.” I’m ready to go to Peru and learn to salsa! Let’s get together soon.

]]> By: KYouell http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-272 KYouell Wed, 09 May 2007 23:11:28 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-272 Just found you and this post via OMSH. You posted this on the day that I was having my daughter (2nd c-section, this one planned). I have been reading The Shape of a Mother (http://theshapeofamother.com/) to help me feel better about myself, but really, it's true for all women not just those who have had their bodies altered by pregnancy & birth. I am trying to have a "healthy" attitude like you suggest. Since I'm breastfeeding my daughter I think of all the things I eat as things she is eating. So, except for the Joe-Joes (Trader Joe's version of an Oreo), I'm doing pretty well. I figure that a sleep deprived mommy of a 2-year-old and a 2-week-old needs a treat now and then! The scariest photo I ever found of myself was from junior high. I was a stick with a really bony prominent chin. And I would easily swear that I was hugely overweight during that time. I was so unable to see the real me in a mirror. Now I think I do see the real me. I just wish I could lighten up about it and appreciate my body the way my husband does. Just found you and this post via OMSH. You posted this on the day that I was having my daughter (2nd c-section, this one planned). I have been reading The Shape of a Mother (http://theshapeofamother.com/) to help me feel better about myself, but really, it’s true for all women not just those who have had their bodies altered by pregnancy & birth.

I am trying to have a “healthy” attitude like you suggest. Since I’m breastfeeding my daughter I think of all the things I eat as things she is eating. So, except for the Joe-Joes (Trader Joe’s version of an Oreo), I’m doing pretty well. I figure that a sleep deprived mommy of a 2-year-old and a 2-week-old needs a treat now and then!

The scariest photo I ever found of myself was from junior high. I was a stick with a really bony prominent chin. And I would easily swear that I was hugely overweight during that time. I was so unable to see the real me in a mirror. Now I think I do see the real me. I just wish I could lighten up about it and appreciate my body the way my husband does.

]]> By: SparklieSunShine http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-261 SparklieSunShine Thu, 03 May 2007 13:51:08 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-261 They always say that words can never hurt us, but it is always amazing to see the things that children really do take to heart. Because of one mean boy saying that to you it shaped your thoughts about your thighs for the rest of your life. That is really amazing to me and also I can relate. Beautiful post. I loved it. I found you via Jill @ glossyveneer.com. They always say that words can never hurt us, but it is always amazing to see the things that children really do take to heart. Because of one mean boy saying that to you it shaped your thoughts about your thighs for the rest of your life. That is really amazing to me and also I can relate.

Beautiful post. I loved it. I found you via Jill @ glossyveneer.com.

]]> By: Body Acceptance at glossyveneer.com http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-260 Body Acceptance at glossyveneer.com Thu, 03 May 2007 03:13:13 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-260 [...] related items I’ve seen lately: - Body Image on The Wood Between the Worlds (via OMSH) - Beautiful Side of Somewhere on SparklieSunshine - [...] [...] related items I’ve seen lately: – Body Image on The Wood Between the Worlds (via OMSH) – Beautiful Side of Somewhere on SparklieSunshine – [...]

]]> By: TAE http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-258 TAE Tue, 01 May 2007 18:17:59 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-258 Have you been tracking with my recent posts about the Dove Campaign and related ideas about beauty? See them at: http://theaestheticelevator.com/tag/aesthetics/beauty/. Glad you posted this. Great and valid rant! Have you been tracking with my recent posts about the Dove Campaign and related ideas about beauty? See them at: http://theaestheticelevator.com/tag/aesthetics/beauty/.

Glad you posted this. Great and valid rant!

]]> By: Feminine Aesthetics: "Body image" « The Aesthetic Elevator http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-257 Feminine Aesthetics: "Body image" « The Aesthetic Elevator Tue, 01 May 2007 18:16:24 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-257 [...] Posted by TAE in Modern culture, Aesthetics, Beauty. trackback A (female) friend of mine posted this essay a while [...] [...] Posted by TAE in Modern culture, Aesthetics, Beauty. trackback A (female) friend of mine posted this essay a while [...]

]]> By: Amelia http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-255 Amelia Tue, 01 May 2007 01:00:43 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-255 You don't have to go to Peru. You just have to find a man from a culture that appreciates your body. My Egyptian boyfriend told me, "The problem with a skinny girl is that you're all done touching her in a couple of minutes." There's a whole other worldview out there and it makes all the difference. (Here via BFD) You don’t have to go to Peru. You just have to find a man from a culture that appreciates your body. My Egyptian boyfriend told me, “The problem with a skinny girl is that you’re all done touching her in a couple of minutes.” There’s a whole other worldview out there and it makes all the difference.

(Here via BFD)

]]> By: Shelley http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-252 Shelley Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:02:11 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-252 ~m2~ I like having you on my side! :) ~m2~ I like having you on my side! :)

]]> By: ~m2~ http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-250 ~m2~ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:51:28 +0000 http://thewoodbetween.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/body-image/#comment-250 this was wonderful, but i still want to track down that boy from the pool and level him. just sayin' is all... this was wonderful, but i still want to track down that boy from the pool and level him.

just sayin’ is all…

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