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Fat isn't a feeling.

Help! I Hate The Way I Look

Body image expert Bonnie Gayle is here to help.

Do you frequently feel fat? Do you constantly compare yourself to your fit friends? If so, you aren't alone.

How To Be Comfortable Naked [VIDEO]
Do you hide beneath the sheets?

How To Be Comfortable Naked

Don't let body insecurity stand in your way!

Do you tend toward modesty in the bedroom? Do you wish you could bare your bod with confidence? If so, help is on the way.

THE SESSIONS: Made in the Image of God

THE SESSIONS: Made in the Image of God

To love and be loved, physically and emotionally, is to be both fully human and in the image of God

The Oscar contender, THE SESSIONS, starring Helen Hunt (Cheryl Cohen Greene), John Hawkes (Mark O'Brien) and William H. Macy (Father Brendan) deals head on with human sexuality and disability in all their complexities. The movie tells the story of Mark O'Brien, a 38-year-old Catholic virgin who has spent most of his life in an iron lung as a consequence of contracting polio as a child. His paralysis from the neck down leaves him reliant on others to take care of literally all of his physical needs.

Sexy Halloween Costume
Expressing our sexuality with sexy Halloween costumes can be very healthy.

What's Wrong With Sexy Halloween Costumes?

Some people decry sexy Halloween costumes, but I think they can boost confidence in our bodies.

We all know that for any animal, vegetable or mineral out there, there's probably a "sexy Halloween costume." Whether it's Sexy Eskimo Pie, Sexy Firefighter, or — what's sure to be this year's favorite — Sexy Big Bird, you're sure to find a costume with a mini-skirt, low-cut "shirt" (more like bra) and tiny little hat.

Something Is Wrong With This Picture

Something Is Wrong With This Picture

Will thin ever be thin enough?

SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE I will never be thin enough to please my husband. He wants me to look like the bony, anorexic women who prance across the screen of our HDTV which he watches, 8 hours a day. When I point out that he’s comparing me, a real, three-dimensional-flesh-and-blood woman to the impossible standard the media has brainwashed him with he dismisses my idea completely. Is he kidding or am I married to a man who’s he really that stupid and shallow?

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If you make me fat, no girl will ever want me.

I Love You, Now Stop Making Me Fat

I'm not blaming you for my weight gain, sweetheart, but I know it's not my fault.

Every time I get in a new relationship, I get comfortable... too comfortable. That comfort leads to weight gain. But why do I, and many, many poor, poor people, gain weight while we're dating? Is nesting going to be the death of us all?

Breast Implants
Plastic boobs are gross and tacky. You might as well be a mannequin.

7 Dumbest Things Women Have Done For Breast Implants (Really?!)

See what dumb things women have done for bigger breasts. Ladies, so not worth it!

If there's a lesson to be learned from Jami Lynn Toler, the Arizona woman accused of faking cancer to raise money for breast implants, it's that some things are just not worth doing for fake boobs.

Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Drew Pinsky will be interviewing Amber Portwood of 'Teen Mom' while she's in jail.

A-List Links: Dr. Drew To Interview 'Teen Mom' Behind Bars

Plus: Kanye West has two sex tapes and Kirstie Alley kisses the host of 'Dancing with the Stars!'

So, how do you feel about an old 'Teen Mom' to be interviewed behind bars, on TV, for all of us to see. Well, it's about to happen.

Three Ways To Help Your Daughters Resist Media Pressures

Three Ways To Help Your Daughters Resist Media Pressures

Today's music and models of perfection are something may be something to discuss with your daughter.

By Child/Adolescent Therapist, Signe Whitson, to GalTime.com   How many times have you heard your daughter singing along to a popular song on the radio and innocently belting out the kind of lyrics that would otherwise get her sent to her room?  In the moment, you believe (desperately want to believe!) that she is unaware of the innuendo and unaffected by its explicit content. 

Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson's getting her figure back, starting with her amazing legs.

Check Out Jessica Simpson's Sexy Legs!

Jessica Simpson is sexier than ever with that post-baby body!

Who wears short shorts? Well, we're SO thrilled, Jessica Simpson wears short shorts! Talk about bringing back that 'Dukes Of Hazzard' look!

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Can it still be called a tramp stamp if the ink isn't above the butt but in it?

The Girl With The 'Butt Tattoo' Talks Dating & Her Painful Ink

After being the butt of jokes, 22-year-old Maria Louise Del Rosario dishes on dating, jail and ink.

Maria Louise Del Rosario made an ass of herself last weekend when she got an anal tattoo on camera.