Amanda Trusty

Amanda Trusty

Bio

Amanda Trusty is a tap dancer, body love advocate, and blogger at amandatrustysays.com. Known primarily for her viral tap burlesque video to Katy Perry's "Roar", where she stripped down to her skivvies and peeled the words "cellulite" and "fat" off her body to make a statement, she aims to bring awareness to the body image and eating disorder crisis that faces the entertainment industry. Amanda facilitates body love and emotional eating awareness workshops for women with Olivia Petzy, using movement and dance as the basis for a transformative body-appreciative experience. After a performance career in New York City that spanned the course of a decade, Amanda is now a full-time dance teacher on the Big Island of Hawai’i. In 2014, she was featured as one of Huffington Post’s top women bringing body positivity to dance and is currently writing a book on the topic that will be the first of its kind. She writes and designs apparel for Sadie Jane dancewear. Amanda is an expert on Nutella.

Amanda Trusty Articles

"Dancing is one of the most amazing things a young girl can grow up doing."

The Muscle Game: Teaching Dancers To Love Their Bodies Via Anatomy

I can't help but wonder, what could be different if I start teaching my little girls at a young age what the muscles are under all those body parts that the magazines will be so quick to label as flawed in a few years when my girls start reading them?

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Whew. Did someone turn the heat up?

How To Love A Sexual Partner With Body Image Issues

Kiss her slowly, touch her face, gently tug on her hair — before you even make your way down to her breasts. Many women with body image issues are most self-conscious about their stomach, so when you get to her waist, hold on to her tight and bring her closer to you.

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She IS beautiful.

Why Saying “You Look Gorgeous” Is Not Helping The Body Image War

As we move forward in this body image war that plagues so much of our country, how amazing would it be if we showed up to an event and someone told us that we are stunning, instead of how we look stunning?

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Worth it.

My Boudoir Photos Helped Me Appreciate The "Real" Me

So excited, so excited, so excited, wait, what? Wait, is that really me? Holy shit.

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Image: Francis C. Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Mom Bod Versus Dad Bod

The fact that a woman's body may have changed after birth has been heavily capitalized upon by the diet and fitness industry, and we have been taught that every single mother desires to return to her previous body as soon as possible. We have been brainwashed, we have been inundated with it, and though it seems like many of us realize that it's a fictional story by now, the majority of the country still sees it as fact.

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Watch your words.

An Apology To The Doctor Who Was An A**hole About My Eating Disorder

Show up to work. Know your shit. Watch your words. Use a filter when words come out of your mouth. Show a little compassion. Wash your hands. Know people's names. Look at their medical records. And pay attention to cause for concern.

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