Tag: what it means to be a woman

“Real Women,” PCOS And Body Image

Post author By Golda Poretsky, HHC
Post date Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
8 Comments on “Real Women,” PCOS And Body Image

When I wrote this cranky post about the “real women…” phenomenon, I never expected it to resonate with so many women. It seems that fat, thin, in-between, curvy, not curvy, in-between, cisgender, trans, various gynecological surgeries or symptoms, or whatever, there’s a lot of crap that makes us feel like not-so-real women.

Tags adult acne, body hair, curvy, fat, menstrual cycles, menstruation, ovaries, pcos, periods, what it means to be a woman

Parenting

You’re Fat

Hey Persephone readers, I’m new here, so let me introduce myself. I am rosasparks. I am, among many other things a political worker bee, a frazzled, feminist mom, a lover AND a fighter. I spend a lot time at odds with the world around me and in serious thought about most of it. Recently, I […]

Tags beauty, beauty standards, body image, daughters, definitions, feminist mom, few days, freckles, honesty, mouths of babes, odds, parenting, particulars, tough questions, what it means to be a woman, worker bee