Tag: Body image

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Communities Features The Unapologetic Issue

Dismantling beauty standards we never asked for

As beauty standards evolve, TMU students have found ways to defy them

Was my body ever mine?

January 28, 2025

Growing up, I always dreamed of how finally turning 16 would change me as a young woman—never did I imagine that it would completely rob me of my girlhood

Roxane Gay and Eternity Martis in a Zoom call

‘Shame is not ours to carry’: Roxane Gay and Eternity Martis on writing through trauma

February 1, 2022

Best-selling authors lead virtual Ryerson event for Consent Action Week

A person sitting cross legged in their room

COVID-19 Features

Pandemic of realizations: Rye students on how their body image changed in isolation

September 17, 2021

The pandemic provided a chance for Rye students to connect and learn more about their bodies and identites

Through My Eyes: Beauty is (not) pain

February 25, 2019

From a young age, girls are socialized to believe that body hair makes them unfeminine and that their success is tied to their appearance

The secret life of a Ryerson dance student

November 7, 2018

Dance culture has led to students at Ryerson's School of Performance feeling like they must look a certain way in order to succeed, impacting their mental and physical health. Madeline Cornacchia writes what students say Ryerson could do to make that problem go away

Rye study: Saying “I’m so fat” is bad for health

January 21, 2015

“Fat talk” contributes to poor body image, study says

Godlike goals shatter self-image

September 20, 2000

The quest for the perfect body displayed in advertisements and action figures has lured more and more young men onto a road riddled with insecurities and failures.