How do you tell someone you love that you are good enough and you deserve to eat? I asked myself this question a countless number of times as I watched my childhood best friend, a Black woman who was a track athlete, run over 10 miles every single day, and only fueling herself with one […]
Read More You Are Good EnoughMirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? In a ballet class, mirrors are a useful tool to show or fix how your technique looks. It is also a weapon for ballerinas to pick apart their bodies, their weight, and their beauty daily. The standards within the ballet culture are detrimental […]
Read More Mirror Mirror…The household image of what an eating disorder looks like is typically presented through the image of a young girl, who is struggling to eat, keep food down, or has lack of control over eating. The reality of eating disorders is that people of all ethnicities, genders, sexualities, and ages are affected by these serious […]
Read More the shocking correlation between eating disorders and LGBTQ+ teensYou may have seen posts on social media this past week about National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. For me, personally, I learned that some people I knew had been silently struggling. I even saw one girl repost a photo that she had originally posted over a year ago saying how she had felt fat in […]
Read More Post National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Signs of Eating DisordersThanksgiving break is over, and similar to hearmeroar12, I have spent the past week stuffing my face with the glorious and mouth-watering dishes of my family’s cooking. I too have never felt so freaking FAT, however, I’m trying this new thing called Not Giving A Shit About What Society Thinks Of My Weight. I am […]
Read More Post-Thanksgiving Angst: A Response to “5 Reasons To Date A Girl With An Eating Disorder”Hi there readers! For this blog post I want to focus on a particular body image that has recently been given much attention, the thigh gap. This past week in one of my communication classes, a classmate of mine brought up how it has become an obsession for many young women. I myself have heard […]
Read More The thigh-gap obsession