by Tapati This one can be a quick brainstorm for most of you–it’s the second step that will take more time. Make a list of ten things you would like to do if you had your ideal body that you aren’t doing now. Most of us do have a picture in mind of what our [...]

Body Image Playlist by Tapati Beautiful by Christina Aguilera Mahbootay by Laura Love Video by Indie Arie Girl Next Door and Imperfection by Saving Jane At Seventeen by Janis Ian Why do you love me? or Bleed like me by Garbage Crazy by Simple Plan Unpretty by TLC Perfectly Flawed by Otep Fat Boy by Bizarre [...]

by Tapati My involvement with the issue of body image came out of my encounter with the size acceptance movement in the late 1980s. I was fortunate enough to meet Ruah Bull, a body image educator. I had never heard of such a thing but soon I was exposed to her classes at Cabrillo College [...]