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August McLaughlin

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Body Image Mirrors: What Does Yours Reflect?

September 28, 2012

"Beauty is not caused. It is." — Emily Dickinson If only we all saw it in ourselves... The first few times I spoke publicly about my eating …

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Body Image Myths and Walking the Walk

May 7, 2012

At the gym the other day I overheard two women discussing the importance of inner-beauty. Minutes later, their topic shifted to a fad diet …

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Make Like Dorothy: BOAW BlogFest Wrap Up

February 13, 2012

Dorothy: Oh, will you help me? Can you help me? Glinda: You don't need to be helped any longer. You've always had the power to go back to …

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Does Dirt Have Calories? — My Story

January 19, 2012

(Update: A fuller version of this story appears in my book: Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment - Amberjack Publishing, …

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