Valentine’s Day While in Recovery from an Eating Disorder
Updated on 12/28/23 On TV and in the movies, Valentine’s Day is a big deal. Couples exchange gifts over romantic candlelit...
Eating Disorders and the API Community
The stereotypical image of a person with an eating disorder is a young, white woman. This image is the one we’re...
Latest Food Labeling Research Upholds Diet Culture
How many minutes of running would a person have to do to burn off a Big Mac? Or a salad, for...
The Rebellious History of the Fat Acceptance Movement
Where did the fat acceptance movement start? Who started it? And how is it related to body positivity, Health at Every...
What Jillian Michaels’ Comments Are Really About
Trigger warning for discussion of “Obesity,” fat shaming, fatphobia What Jillian Michaels’ comments get wrong about body positivity, political correctness, and “glamorizing...
New Year’s Resolutions and Eating Disorder Recovery
Updated on 12/6/2022 As the end of the year approaches, many of us are making New Year’s resolutions. But how effective...
No Name-Calling Week 2020
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit. – from The Misfits by James Howe The...
Weight-Based Bullying Is Trauma: Why No Name-Calling Week Is Important
Each January the national organization GLSEN calls attention to bullying with “No Name-Calling Week.” Although GLSEN is an organization focused on...
The Origins of NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance)
With the recent growing popularity of body positivity, it may be surprising to learn that body positivity itself is not a...