an interesting thing happened recently. i ran into a guy who i had a crush on in high school. surprisingly, and somewhat dismayingly, that crush quickly came back.
while talking to a recovery friend the next day, i realized that the guy i’d ran into was ( Read more )
Category: body acceptance
Nov
13
recalling the whole picture
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Oct
03
it’s not about me
A couple weeks ago, I went to my parents’ home. When my dad came in a couple hours after I’d been there, I said, “What did you do?!?”
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Apr
26
kids are fat
… or at least an alarming number think they are. according to a 2009 study, half of 3 to 6 year olds think they’re fat. ( Read more )
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Jan
24
“let’s nix the ‘black swan’ diet”
here’s my latest huffington post piece:
“let’s nix the ‘black swan’ diet” ( Read more )
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Jan
05
your ass or your face
while talking about celebrities, a girlfriend told me that “it’s either your ass or your face”. she explained to me that ( Read more )
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Jan
01
nyr: throwing away the scale – or – don’t step on it
not me. goodness no, not me! i’ve been divorced (or perhaps legally separated) from scales for years. i don’t own one and the only time i step on one (backwards) is if i’m at the doctor’s office.
however, someone mentioned on a site that i visit that one of her new year’s resolutions was to throw away her scale. in her honor, i wanted to share one of my favorite “no scale” pictures:
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Aug
09
“nbc, enough with the diet shows”
it’s my latest piece on huffington post:
i feel a little bad railing on nbc in this piece because it’s probably my favorite network out of the major stations. nonetheless, their influx of diet shows is not cool, and i finally felt i needed to publicly write about it. right now, it’s featured on the media section’s homepage.
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May
19
why i write
I had a conversation w/ someone today who shared with me their struggles with food. the person had seen some of the pieces I’d written. I felt honored and humbled that the person shared with me.
one thing it reminded me is why I write. ( Read more )
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Apr
08
“why ‘fat is beautiful’ isn’t the answer” or busting out a piece at lunch
i have a new piece on huffington post: “it’s not the weight: why ‘fat is beautiful’ isn’t the answer” (thanks go to my friend janice for the title). this post isn’t really about the piece. rather, it’s about the process of busting it out. ( Read more )
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