Months ago, I got an interesting email from a newsletter reader (subscribe here!) about how to deal with friends who think about food and body differently than you do, and I thought it was worth exploring. Here’s what the original email said (edited for brevity and...
I wasn’t always anti-diet. I spent years working in food media and writing articles about “clean” eating and all kinds of other diets. (Not to mention, the disordered eating habits and the fixation on “healthy” eating that led me to write about these things in the...
Have you heard about Adele’s weight loss? What about Rebel Wilson’s? I bet you have, because it’s virtually impossible to avoid headlines about either. The media loves, loves, LOVES a celebrity weight loss story. And also, have you seen...
Frankly, I have mixed feelings about eating disorder awareness in the media. On the one hand, of course more awareness is a good thing. It helps destigmatize eating disorders, and makes it more likely that people will seek care. On the other hand, the way media...
In 2019, I wrote a story for SELF Magazine about why I stopped making “healthy food swaps” in Thanksgiving recipes. I’ve shared it every November since, and always get lots of comments and messages from people saying that they feel seen. I love reading those comments....
Wellness culture loves the "you should strive to be the best version of yourself" schtick. But are those wellness "empowerment" messages actually empowering, if they're constantly undermining our confidence? Yesterday, I was on a call with a journalist who asked me...
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