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I’ve Always Struggled With My Weight. Losing It Didn’t Mean Winning.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 12, 2022October 19, 2022

“What is the human relationship to the body? Is it like a roommate? A pet? A twin? A teammate? A rival? A parasite? A host?” In a frank and funny essay, Sam Anderson reflects on losing the weight he gained during the pandemic with the help of Noom and examines the relationship with his own […]

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Dear IU, Our Bodies Are Fine

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“I knew my body wasn’t ‘right’; it didn’t look like the bodies of the K-pop idols and Korean actresses I grew up admiring.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

The Spiritual Path at Fat Camp

by Mona Kirschner November 8, 2019January 13, 2023

After a ten-year relationship ends painfully, Mona Kirschner finds herself searching for emotional and physical healing at a weight loss center in Brazil.

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Whole 60

by Sari Botton July 16, 2019October 19, 2022

For the Fine Lines series, Laura Lippman writes about her own unique diet plan, which requires that you eat whatever you want whenever you want to eat it, and declare yourself beautiful.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Tommy Tomlinson: The Weight I Carry

by Krista Stevens January 14, 2019October 19, 2022

“On top of all that, some of us fight holes in our souls that a boxcar of donuts couldn’t fill.” Tommy Tomlinson shares the physical and emotional costs of weighing 460 pounds.

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I Shouldn’t Have To Lose Weight For My Wedding. So Why Do I Feel Like A Failure?

by Sari Botton August 16, 2018October 19, 2022

In this searching personal essay, writer Scaachi Koul conflictedly interrogates her inability to ignore societal pressure and stop wishing she were thinner — along with her inability to get thinner in time for her upcoming wedding, for which her dress is too small.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Food, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

You Can’t Cut Out the Pain

by michelleweber April 25, 2018October 19, 2022

“[E]verything has changed, but everything is exactly the same.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Story

“No Fatties”: When Health Care Hurts

by Carey Purcell October 26, 2017October 19, 2022

A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chalks every health issue up to weight.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Lighter

by michelleweber August 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Colin Gillis is happy with most of the changes a massive weight change have brought, but finds unexpectedness sadness and loss, too.

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On Being Smaller

by michelleweber August 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Colin Gillis finds both joy and an unexpected sadness after losing one-third of his body weight.

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