#SI Swimsuit model Hunter McGrady details how being body-shamed led to therapy: ‘Mentally, I needed help’

#SI Swimsuit model Hunter McGrady details how being body-shamed led to therapy: ‘Mentally, I needed help’

“#SI Swimsuit model Hunter McGrady details how being body-shamed led to therapy: ‘Mentally, I needed help’” Hunter McGrady’s modeling career didn’t come easy. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star grew up being “enamored” by her mother, who was also a model. It was at age 15 when she was ready for her close-up – but the experience was painful….

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#Body shaming, or man’s best friend?

#Body shaming, or man’s best friend?

“#Body shaming, or man’s best friend?” There’s a new style out there for men whose six-packs sit on a fridge shelf. Clothing is now being marketed specifically to dudes with “dad bods,” the now socially acceptable term for any man — parent or not — who has a rounded gut mixed with some muscle tone….

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#Senators skewer Facebook exec over Instagram’s impact on kids

#Senators skewer Facebook exec over Instagram’s impact on kids

“#Senators skewer Facebook exec over Instagram’s impact on kids” Senators slammed Facebook in a contentious hearing with its safety chief on Thursday, blasting the company over leaked research showing that Instagram can make body issues worse for many teen girls. “While Facebook publicly denies that Facebook is harmful for teens, privately Facebook experts and researchers…

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#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook

“#How our culture and government gave too much power to Facebook” Capitalism offers an optimal paradigm to organize a virtuous society’s economic affairs. But virtue is a precondition for capitalism, not a product of it, and no modern phenomenon better highlights that distinction than the rise of addictive social-media platforms. This past week, The Wall…

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#Instagram wreaking havoc on young girls — and it knows it

#Instagram wreaking havoc on young girls — and it knows it

“#Instagram wreaking havoc on young girls — and it knows it” When teenager Chloe Weinstein scrolls through Instagram posts by wildly popular, glamorous influencers such as Kylie Jenner, Daisy Keech and Madison Beer, she can’t help but envy their jet-setting lifestyles and compare her figure to their toned silhouettes. Such feelings of inferiority have partly…

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#Women losing weight for sexy ‘Shot Girl Summer’

#Women losing weight for sexy ‘Shot Girl Summer’

“#Women losing weight for sexy ‘Shot Girl Summer’” It’s “Hot Girl Summer” — with a side of herd immunity. Enter “Shot Girl Summer”: a time to re-emerge after getting the jab. As the weather heats up and the number of new COVID cases comes down, women everywhere are seizing the chance to remake themselves after…

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#Khloé Kardashian breaks silence after unwanted photo saga

#Khloé Kardashian breaks silence after unwanted photo saga

“#Khloé Kardashian breaks silence after unwanted photo saga” Khloé Kardashian went topless on Instagram and spoke about body image in the wake of an unedited bikini photo flap that her family said was accidentally posted without permission. “Hey guys, this is me and my body unretouched and unfiltered,” Kardashian posted along with a video of…

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