“Part of the appeal of a young woman crossword constructor is that she is focussing her intelligence on a frivolity; she is making her smarts unthreatening and benign. Of course, nothing about my story, neither its reflection of cultural misogyny nor its origins in my willful self-destruction, is benign. Surely this is not what the […]
eating disorders
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‘Knowing It Could Kill You Isn’t a Deterrent’: The Deadly Trade in Diet Pills
“She told her friend she wanted to get into a residential eating disorders clinic. She also ordered more DNP.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Body of Lies
Deenie Hartzog-Mislock confronts a lifetime of body image trauma when her marriage turns south and sexless.
Posted inNonfiction
School for Girls
Years after recovering from anorexia, Jasmin Sandelson writes a letter to the high school friend she idolized, and explores how hunger, love, and envy shaped — and ended — their relationship.
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The Reappearing Act
A personal essay in which, in the aftermath of an eating disorder, Audrey Olivero builds a new relationship with her body — through knife-throwing.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The Reappearing Act
In the aftermath of an eating disorder, Audrey Olivero builds a new relationship with her body — through knife-throwing.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Reappearing Act
In the aftermath of an eating disorder, Audrey Olivero builds a new relationship with her body — through knife-throwing.
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Brother, My Self
In this personal essay, Katie Prout tries to untangle the story of her brother’s complicated, life-long battle with alcoholism against the backdrop of her family’s history of addiction.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Secrets We Keep Amid All the Sweets
Talking about male bulimia.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Wrong Pair
After decades of shame, discrimination in the ballet world, and some serious back pain, Lisa W. Rosenberg concludes it’s time to down-size her double-E knockers.