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Read Our Live Chat: Beauty, Body and Race

Whether it's news of plus-size clothier Lane Bryant' s lingerie ad being snubbed by TV networks, curvy girl of the moment Gabourey Sidibe's cover of V Magazine's "Size Issue" or her exclusion from the cover of Vanity Fair's "Young Hollywood Issue," 2010 is turning out to be a big year for size, race and identity. We gathered a few experts to talk about body image, self-love and racial identification in a live chat about "Beauty, Body and Race." Find out what everyone had to say.
Read Our Live Chat: Beauty, Body and Race
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By Essence ·
We were joined by author and class, culture and gender expert Rebecca Walker, playwright, screenwriter and commentator on Black women and eating disorders Stephanie Covington Armstrong, op-ed/features writer and weight-loss commentator Zulekha Haywood, youngfatandfabulous.com blogger Gabi Gregg, plus-size model Anansa Sims to discuss “Beauty, Body and Race.”