Tag: Body Image
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Dear stomach, I don’t hate you
Dear stomach, I’ve decided that I no longer hate you. I’m no longer angry at you. I’m no longer holding out for your magical disappearance. You will no longer hold power over me. You will no longer bring me shame. You will no longer make me uncomfortable. I will never wear more than one pair…
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An ode to mom jeans
I used to only where low-rise jeans. (Like dangerously low.) I wrote an essay recently about a pair of Abercrombie + Fitch pants I was obsessed with back in the day. I haven’t worn low-rise jeans in SO long, I’m kind of in disbelief I actually wore pants that went down *that* low. I said…
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My stomach has brought me so much shame in the last 5 years
I wrote about this swimsuit a few years ago. I read the essay on Motherly’s latest podcast episode with Katrina Scott of Tone It Up (which is available now!). As I was listening to the episode this morning in the shower—a conversation all about redefining our expectations around our bodies after baby—and then hearing my…
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I am a mother, and I deserve to feel sexy
Feeling sexy when you’re a mother—why can it be so tough? Why can it feel uncomfortable? Is it my stretch marks? My softness? The larger size on my jeans? Is it because my brain feels fried some days? Because my heart feels heavy sometimes? Because my style seems forgotten? Or maybe it’s all the boogers…
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My love-shame relationship with my postpartum stomach
For a long time, you were flat and toned. A sense of pride, what made me feel beautiful. When I was pregnant for the first time, I marveled at all the stretching and squishing, the growing and changing that you did— for me for my baby, for my family. Now, you are different than your…
Colleen Temple 