We all have that always-nasty, never-nice voice in our heads. You know, the one…

🗣️ Who critiques your stomach rolls and folds when you sit down?
🗣️ Who whispers that you should’ve worn something more flattering?
🗣️ Who reminds you that you “really need to get your shit together?”

Ever have one of those days where your jeans still fit, your mirror looks the same, and nothing actually changed…

But you suddenly feel like a garbage gremlin in human form?

Welcome to the world of affective body image—AKA, how you feel about your body.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall… Let’s understand body image once and for all.

The evil queen may have thought herself to be the “fairest of them all” every time she ogled herself in the mirror, but let’s be honest…

That’s not the reality for millions of women when they look in the mirror.

If it feels like you're constantly being told to change your body—you're not imagining it.

From the size of our waists to the fullness of our lips, women’s bodies have been treated like a fashion trend: always in, out, or needing an update.

One year it’s curves. The next it’s collarbones.
One year it’s building a booty. The next it’s trying to hide it…