Lifetime’s ‘Dance Moms’ Ava Cota dances in Hudson, talks about the #13reasons4me challenge HUDSON – As a 10-year-old star on Lifetime’s “Dance Moms,” Ava Cota was often ridiculed on social media solely on the basis of her looks. “I’ve always been skinny, and...
VENUS WILLIAMS, LIZZO AND MORE TALK PLUS-SIZE FASHION Perhaps lost in the wake of the US Open’s climactic close in the women’s singles final, another member of the House of Williams took part in an important conversation in New York. Venus Williams joined...
This New York Fashion Week, inclusivity reigns supreme. Scores of plus-size and differently abled models were seen strutting down the catwalk in all their glory. From Christian Siriano, Chromat and Prabal Gurung to the LOFT show at the 2nd annual theCURVYCon...
What do you think of body shaming? How many times have people told you that you look fat? You don’t have a pretty face? You are too skinny? A bag o’bones? A barrel of fries? Or you should wear more makeup to look beautiful? If it had happened to you even once, then...
Show them that you’re beyond what their narrow minds can see. As a not-so-girly-girl, I’ve been body shamed a lot of times. Sometimes for my body size and shape, the other times for the way I walk and once even for being partially blind( I have specs....