okay, technically it’s on essence(.com), but that’s apples and oranges. speaking of food, that’s what my piece is about:
Commentary: ‘Black People Don’t Have Eating Disorders’
Is there a connection between Black History Month and National Eating Disorders Awareness Week? For me, there is. I am Black and have spent years struggling with disordered eating. Let me share my process of accepting these two areas of my life.
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i changed the name of this blog from “adia colar • a writer’s blog” to “• adia’s notes •”. why? because it more succint. i guess i figured if i’m already changing the design of this blog, it’s apropos to change the name as well.
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10 rules for writing fiction, part 1 (guardian)
10 rules for writing fiction, part 2 (guardian)
rules about rules about writing (or why mush will never triumph) (new yorker)
no, not those rules: advice on writing and life (jezebel)
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here’s my latest huffington post piece, just released today:
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I finally got my blog up and running on my phone which means… I might be blogging much more frequently.
*squee*
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so, i’m thinking about changing the look of my site. as in, the whole site. a completely different layout. why?
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so, i clicked and skimmed this article on a model who increased her weight and the industrial effects of that (yeah, i know better). it was somewhat interesting, though, which is why i’m putting it here (in traditional adia form, i’ve eliminated numbers and specific behaviors). i like it because it calls out the b.s. of the fashion industry.
At size [meh], Fashion Week model Coco Rocha, 21, is latest of many women considered fat by industry
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