Autumn Whitefield-Madrano

Autumn Whitefield-Madrano examines beauty at The Beheld. Her essays have appeared in Glamour, Marie Claire, and Jezebel, and she is a contributing editor at The New Inquiry.

The baker’s lament

Riding in elevators with Helen Gurley Brown

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Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games"

The message of Jennifer’s body

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The mainstream myth about eating disorders

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In defense of ladyblogs

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The author (Photo courtesy of the author)

After I left my abusive boyfriend

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