Weight bias, a pervasive issue in society, unfortunately finds a strong foothold within the medical field. It manifests as negative attitudes and stereotypes held by healthcare professionals towards patients deemed overweight or obese. This bias not only creates a hostile environment for patients but also hinders the delivery of effective medical care. Understanding Weight Bias …
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Weight Bias in the Medical Field: A Barrier to Quality Healthcare
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Shopping For A Plus-Size Dress Isn’t Easy
As wedding season approaches, plus-size women are on the hunt for the perfect mother’s dress. It can be overwhelming to find a mother-of-the-bride or groom dress as a plus-size woman but every mother deserves to feel confident and beautiful in the ideal wedding outfit that reflects the joyous celebration. In this article, we’ll share valuable …
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New Year, Same Plus Size Me
Introduction The diet industry and body shaming are closely connected, creating a harmful cycle that promotes impossible beauty standards and harms people’s mental and physical health. The way the diet industry uses body shaming tactics to sell products to plus size people makes these beauty standards even more pervasive, leading to a society where we …
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This is me.
Every day of high school I weighed 246lbs & today I weigh exactly the same. When I look at these pictures I can’t help but notice that there is a remarkable difference between these two versions of me. It is as noticeable, to me anyway, as the difference in the colors of my hair. Want …
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Skinny Privilege
In The Medical Profession, It’s A Very Real Thing So this is a tricky topic for me, a plus-size boutique owner, to write about as it pertains to weight loss. Don’t laugh but I am usually on the very opposite side of this issue. I am not a fan of losing weight to be beautiful. …
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Plus Size Thanksgiving Outfit Ideas
How to Properly Dress a Turkey in 2020 In the year of COVID-19, lockdowns and self-quarantines, plus size women meander through my shop on a daily basis running their fingers through soft fabrics and longing for a place to wear our fashions. All too often these same women say to me, “I have nowhere to …
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Support Small Businesses This Holiday Season
The Future of Small Business is in Your Hands It is 2020 and it is funny to me that we are still focusing on size so much. I mean, aren’t we beyond that now? When it comes to people’s body size, we as a culture are still acting as if smaller is better–but we’re also …
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