“The Gwyneth Paltrow Of Underboob Sweat” (headline of the year)
The Gwyneth Paltrow Of Underboob Sweat by Marissa Meltzer via Bustle.
The style influencer, founder of the body care line Megababe, and owner of internet-famous dogs is fearless in documenting the challenges of limited size range shopping. She posts photos of herself in dressing rooms, struggling to fit into a Zara dress or Abercrombie & Fitch jeans, with the hashtag #MakeMySize. But she also understands the power of unapologetically showing herself off. Using the hashtag #SuperSizeTheLook, she recreates celebrity outfits in inclusive sizes, and women of all sizes DM her to say she helped inspire them to go to the beach or buy bike shorts or a two-piece for the first time. (Though, a Meghan Markle edition landed her in The Daily Mail, which attracted a barrage of fatphobic comments from strangers.) She has a podcast called Boob Sweat (full disclosure: I’ve been on it) and her first book, Body Talk: How to Embrace Your Body and Start Living Your Best Life (Clarkson Potter, out May 25, with delightful illustrations by Monica Garwood), is a hybrid of memoir and workbook with the message that, as Sturino writes helpfully in all-caps, “THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH YOU.” Her personal brand could be defined as shame-free, fun, cheerful, and no-nonsense.
I love seeing women succeed, especially when they’re just being themselves. I have definitely struggled with body image and have a hard time embracing myself when I don’t feel my best and it’s shallow of me and just replaying old, bad tapes. Articles like these and women like Sturino are good reminders to be authentic.
After exercising the other day, I googled “intermittent fasting” and like, it’s just anorexia, folks. No one here is a Tibetan monk and just enough already with the diet trends and what not. Fasting for religious reasons is one thing, but that’s not what is being advertised. I texted a good friend and lamented how I was feeling insecure, looked up fasting, and just needed to vent on feeling lumpy and wumpy. She had words of wisdom, of course, and I felt better and focused on what I’m doing right. I share this to call out and put to bed toxic/shaming habits I have for myself b/c it’s important to shed light on the bad so the good can come through. This article is part of that light.
