MEDIUM // OCTOBER 2019
Traditional media has come a long way on self-acceptance. But the message is muddied in online spaces.
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MEDIUM // OCTOBER 2019
Traditional media has come a long way on self-acceptance. But the message is muddied in online spaces.
NEW YORK TIMES // AUGUST 2019
Kurbo by WW promises to fight childhood obesity by teaching kids aged 8 to 17 healthy eating strategies — but is it ever a good idea to teach kids how to diet?
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MEDIUM // AUGUST 2019
Anorexia has serious implications at any weight, but heavier patients face a pervasive, harmful stigma
PARENTS // JUNE 2019
I’ve found that trying to be a totally crunchy mama is not all it’s cracked up to be. Here’s how I reevaluated the ‘rules’ and went green my own way.
MEDIUM // APRIL 2019
Why people are giving up drinking, even when they don’t have a problem
BITCH // FEBRUARY 2019
Mostly white, mostly male, mostly thin food writers and chefs have turned being thin—and eating in the labor-intensive way they think guarantees thinness—into a moral imperative.
PARENTS // JANUARY 2019
We’re often so focused on getting our kids to eat vegetables that we forget it’s perfectly normal to go for dishes that taste good. Here’s why you should stress less about the fries and pizza and …
MEDIUM // JUNE, 2018
Our newest eating disorders feed off our cultural obsession with healthy diets.
PARENTS // APRIL, 2018
With my first pregnancy, I did everything right, but I still couldn’t protect my little girl. Here’s how I learned to embrace the imperfect.
CHOICES // JANUARY, 2018
The buff bods filling your social feed might seem like healthy motivation, but you may be shocked by how staged they can be.
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