Tag Archives: eating disorders
National Eating Disorder Awareness week story: My pesky little inconvenience
TweetFour years ago, I was determinedly approaching death’s door. Though they don’t think of it this way for their own sanity, my family would have already buried my body by now if there were no intervention. Because that is what my eating disorder wanted, and it was running the show. Now I know I have [...]
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Yoga Body: The Conspiracy
Tweet I thought I’d said all I wanted on body image and yoga in my recent post for the Yellow Yogi. But recent controversy in the yoga world regarding a certain video has left me feeling I didn’t say nearly enough. Or say it clearly enough. So let me try again. The taut and toned [...]
Stop. Promoting. This. Nonsense.
Tweet I suppose the tipping point for this post came about when I found this particular image being praised on a feminist website. Frustration mated with anger began to vibrate through my veins, fueling my fingers to pulsate without remorse for the words that have been constructed here, today, in this delightful post. I hold [...]
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NPR Appropriates Eating Disorder Terminology
TweetIn yet another example of the fact that liberal media sources can still hold bias and perpetuate sexism, NPR has released an article on its main page titled The Binge-Purge Politics of 2012. The article goes on to describe GOP candidate turnover in full, unabashed eating disorder metaphor from beginning to end. We have seen [...]
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