Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Loewen @ms.andreajoy With the motto “trails not scales," Fat Girls Hiking resists diet culture and a narrow, patriarchal view of who belongs in the outdoors…

Erin Davidson | @erin.e.davidson

By Erin Davidson @erin.e.davidson I learned that the alternative to a comparative method of self-esteem comes out of a habit of relating to yourself in a kinder…

By Samantha Lego @samanthalego I am at war with my own body. And I’m not alone. There are an estimated 53,000 British Columbians currently living with a…

Brittany Tiplady |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag We are two girls who, like all girls, have had some outrageous comments thrown at us by the opposite sex

By Sarah Foot Hating your body is like dragging around ankle chains. Pointless, frustrating, constant and, beyond all else, exhausting. Yet, we live in a culture that…

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 When I was 14, during a summer at the American Ballet Theater School, I was introduced to public body shaming.