Health magazine did a stellar job in this beauty layout last year. They traveled the country to speak with real women about beauty, rather than the ungodly women who grace most magazines. I’m falling in love with this magazine, it upholds everything I believe in, and it doesn’t make me feel shitty about myself, like Vogue or Cosmo. In a society where age and weight are frowned upon, and women range from harboring shame of their bodies to flaunting all the goodies, this was a refreshing perspective.
Since I have to return the magazine, I’ve scanned my favorites to tack up for inspiration and thought I’d share.
See the whole spread here.
We live in a world of stick-figure celebrities, deprivation diets, and surgeons ready to overhaul almost any body part you can think of. And yet, many women are saying “enough.” Enough of the pressure from men, from the media—from our own mothers, sisters, friends—to measure beauty by the height of our cheekbones or size of our jeans. We are beautiful because of who we are, how we think, and what we do with our lives—not merely how we look.
