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Body Dysphoria in Anorexia and Transgenderism

By MHeket on 14 April, 2017 attachment parenting, autonomy, beauty, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, dysphoria, eating disorders, feminism, mothering, support, transgender Feminism, Feminist Thought, Health, Personal Journeys, Teens

People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.

Virginity – It’s Not Actually A Thing

By MHeket on 25 July, 2016 beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, compassion, critical thinking, feminism, healing, unrealistic expectations, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought, Social Analysis

Virginity is either a prized possession or something to be rid of in a hurry. Or maybe virginity isn’t actually a thing, maybe whether you’ve had sex or not has no impact on who you are as a human.

By All Means Love Yourself, But It Won’t Fix Anything.

By MHeket on 27 June, 2016 autonomy, balancing partnerships, beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, porn, racism, self care, sociological perspectives, stop blaming women, unrealistic expectations, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought

Love yourself. It will solve all your problems …. or will it. How on earth will loving yourself make other people treat you well? What utter nonsense is this!? Don’t be fooled, just be angry!

There Is Actually Nothing Powerful About Being Sexy

By MHeket on 17 May, 2016 autonomy, beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, feminism, self care, teens, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought

”Mr Trump, that blue tie is very provocative. You look SO powerful! The ladies can barely keep their hands to themselves.” No one would say that, because sexy is not powerful …unless you’re a woman.

Crime and Punishment of the Nipple

By Catherine Bell on 3 April, 2016 attachment parenting, beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, critical thinking, feminism, validating experiences Feminism, Social Analysis

I dared to defy nipple ‘community standards’ as imposed by Facebook: The real ‘nipple nazi’. Just as the famous Seinfeld ‘soup nazi’ denied those who ignored protocol, the ‘Facebook nipple nazi’ denies you. I have been reprimanded and reminded of ‘my place’. Facebook is a free ‘service’ after all, and one must be grateful for […]

Re-Crown Jai Dara Latto, You Bunch of Hypocrites!

By MHeket on 22 February, 2016 beauty, capitalism, challenging perceptions, child safety, compassion, critical thinking, feminism, women's rights Feminism, Feminist Thought

Trans activists should be eating humble pie after the appalling display of exclusion shown to Jai Dara Latto, Ms Transgender UK. Radical feminists everywhere are shocked…. and want her re-crowned!

You Don’t Need to Love Your Stretchmarks

By MHeket on 25 September, 2015 beauty, critical thinking, stop blaming women, validating experiences Matters of the Heart, Personal Journeys

Is all the fuss to love your stretchmarks actually helping women or is it just silencing and shaming them by invalidating women’s feelings about changes to their bodies?

When Healthy Thoughts Turn Unhealthy

By MHeket on 13 August, 2015 beauty, health, mothers, self care Matters of the Heart, Personal Journeys

Most people see nutrition as something that is important to maintaining health, however for some people it goes beyond that – nutrition becomes something that they must control completely. Gradually they begin to obsess over it until they reach a point where eating something non-nutritious can literally send them into a panic. There is a […]

Beauty Industry – Exposing The Real Flaws

By MHeket on 5 August, 2015 beauty, capitalism Feminism, Feminist Thought

The idea that women buy beauty products because they choose to does not take into account how long women have been made to feel insecure about themselves.