Before-and-After Photos Aren’t Good for Eating Disorder Advocacy
At the apex of my eating disorder, I spent hours a day on pro-ana Instagram. For those of you who have been lucky enough never to visit, that’s a community…
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Understanding Body Neutrality with Therapist Ashlee Bennett
By now, we all (at least on some level) understand the body-positivity movement; the movement celebrates people loving their bodies and everything their bodies can do for them. While body…
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The Body-Positive Movement Will Not Be Advertised
When Rihanna had her Savage X Fenty show this past October, people were enraptured by the unprecedented display of body diversity. There were your typical supermodels like Gigi Hadid and…
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Why Motherhood Scares Me Shitless
In kindergarten, my friends and I played a lot of house. We officiated weddings attended by tissue paper-veiled brides, made plastic sandwiches, and, most of all, cradled baby dolls. We…
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Mental Illness TikToks: Coping Mechanism, or Just Concerning?
I’ll admit it: like many others, I’ve wasted way too many hours of my life scrolling through TikTok. Gone are the days of similar platforms like Vine or Musical.ly, which…
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How Cooking Saved Me from Relapsing
In my household of three generations, there is no shortage of food. I am lucky enough to never have to worry about my next meal. It seems almost selfish, then,…
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Disordered Eating: A Lesson in the Toxicity of Social Media
I spent all of high school hiding my body. Baggy jeans and oversized t-shirts blanketed my thin limbs. I avoided mirrors, avoided changing in front of others. I brushed off…
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Sex While Anorexic: A Story About My Body
I was just starting fourth grade when I self-diagnosed as anorexic, using a charming pastel illustration in The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls. When…
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Having the Wrong Eating Disorder
Watching To the Bone felt horrible. My body felt cold, my stomach felt a bit nauseous, and I constantly felt the need to touch my arms, the area of skin…
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