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		<title>Surviving an Airbrushed World When You’re Hiding Your Stretch Marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Aulds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mind was elsewhere as I maneuvered through the entrance of Barnes and Noble towards their café area. I was carrying my computer case, an overloaded purse, a coat, and my precious Nookcolor, trying to balance all that and my six-month pregnant body on a pair of stiletto heeled boots I probably should not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do these GENES make me look fat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Howard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom and I were chatting on the phone about Thanksgiving preparations when the conversation swayed to one of my cousins.  My mother expressed her worry over how my cousin was just “too thin,” and my mom stressed concerned for her health.  “Well, mom, she could say the same about us,” I joked, “only the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Am NOT what I weigh!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marissa Star</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARNING: Fat pictures of me inside! I must say from the start, knowing this is a sensitive subject for women, that this article is more about having a skinny heart than having a skinny &#8220;bod&#8221;. I’ve hesitated for a long time writing about this only because I didn’t want to be the “poster child” for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authentic Beauty, True Prince, and a Real Love Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Outten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time we were girls. Most of us dreamed of fairytale castles, beautiful dresses, and most importantly a handsome prince to sweep us off our feet.  However, like the 99.9% of us who aren’t real princesses and figured out it is nearly impossible to become one in reality, we were disappointed with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefined</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Aulds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I was a little girl one of my main objectives was to be beautiful. I wanted to be Ariel with her long red hair, tiny waist, and perfect …. Seashells. This desire to be found beautiful is natural but as I got older it took on an unfortunate bent. In high school I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defender of All Things Beautiful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marissa Star</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A question has been stirring in my heart for about a week awakening a curiosity to search the answer out by bringing it before the heart of God. In all my selfishness I had not thought of asking it before. It’s not hard for us to come before God wondering by asking, “What is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Mirror Are You Looking In?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Burnett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Mirror Are You Looking In? Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God&#8217;s sight. 1 Peter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fat Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Munoz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen that Sumo wrestler game where a couple of normal weight people wear larger than life fat suits and battle it out in the ring? It’s highly entertaining let me tell you! Well, basically that&#8217;s how I feel sometimes. I feel like a normal person in a fat suit and it’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Falling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Gates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a life long struggle for me. I’ve walked around wearing this heavy chain around my neck everyday and some days it feels as though it is choking the life out of me. Biblically put, I am in a bondage that I can’t seem to break free from. I’ve never pretended that I didn’t [...]]]></description>
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