It’s a cycle familiar to many: First, a striking image of a lithe, impossibly fit dancer executing a gravity-defying développé catches your eye on Instagram. You pause your scrolling to marvel, over and over again, at her textbook physique. Inevitably, you take a moment to consider your own body, in comparison. Doubt and negative self-talk […]

Earlier this week, I came across a daring post by London dancer Alana Grant, sharing her story of how she’d just gotten cut at an audition not because of her talent, but because the director decided she “wouldn’t want to see her in hot pants on stage.” How appalling, I thought as I jolted to […]

Thanks to my nutritionist, I’ve started eating right. Now I desperately want to improve my negative body image. My friends tell me I look good, but I don’t believe them. I obsess over every flaw and find class depressing. What should I do? —Crappy Body Image, Hoboken, NJ The best remedy is to shift your […]