The Daily Eastern News

COLUMN: Men need more space in the body positivity movement

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez, Columnist • October 31, 2021

For years, the body positivity movement has put women at the forefront, focusing on providing representation in the mainstream media of women of all sizes. Though the body positivity movement still...

COLUMN: Body positivity starts from body neutrality

Elise Keane, Columnist • October 6, 2021

I have always had an interesting relationship with my body. Starting at a young age I knew that there was something different about the way that I viewed my body compared to others. It wasn’t until I...

RISE Chat panelists talk body shaming, positivity

Kyara Morales-Rodriguez, Staff Reporter • February 25, 2020

Making Excellence Inclusive hosted the third RISE Chat of the academic year Monday, this time to discuss how body discrimination has affected the workplace and society. The event featured short videos...

Lots of ‘plus-size-friendly’ clothing companies need to wake up

Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief • May 28, 2019

On one hand, marketing and advertising for plus-size people has seen what I consider to be a positive upswing in recent years. Since my senior year in high school about four years ago, the amount of...

Be respectful to those trying to make a difference

Abigail Carlin, Columnist • February 21, 2018

This week, in an effort to support our friends in the Vagina Monologue Show, EIU FEM has been asked to sell Vagina Pops. Both the cast of the Vagina Monologues and EIU FEM have worked to dismantle stigmas...

Save your shaming for someone who cares

Abbey Whittington, Columnist • February 18, 2018

Self-love has become a challenge for "fat people," and this is just one subculture of many people who are seen as ugly for not following beauty standards that are already nearly impossible to follow. A...