WHAT I WEIGH IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS My weight is a 62 billion dollar business It’s the business of making me feel that I should be different than I am. Thinner Better – by society standards More attractive – as described by our diet culture. My weight became my...
SUMMER SHAME It creeps up with talk of bikini bodies It shows up with moms hiding behind kids in the vacation pics It stays invisible but deeply felt in the resistance of “I don’t want go to the beach or that pool party, with everyone in their bathing suits.”...
“Everyone else goes out and has nachos and margaritas and stays skinny. If I eat that, I blow up!” “My friends are able to have a bite of dessert and then not eat the whole thing…I can’t do that!” “The rest of my family...