Tag - body image

To the left, a figure with cropped hair sits at a desk, using a laptop. There is a vase full of flowers on the desk. A crescent moon in the night sky outside can be seen through a window, and a black cat frolics on the floor. On the right, in a green field, four people stretch in preparation to play sports. Credit: Alia Sinha.

Even as I fought for others to accept my body with disability, I had to learn to love it myself

The photo is a close up of a wall painting in Juna Mahal, Rajasthan, and shows a woman's face and shoulders against a blue background. She is wearing a green veil and has many ornaments on around her neck and head.

Lupus on the Seventh Day

In a room with a red wall, a person with their back to us is looking at their own face in a handheld mirror. To their left, some clothes hang on a hanger, and to their right there are fairy lights and a picture of their face, which looks melancholy.

Unrealistic standards of beauty are destroying the body image of people with disabilities