All of us, whether we are for or against diet culture, exist on a spectrum between Dietland and Donutland. Dietland is the world where you are consumed with food and dieting. You obsessively count calories or points or don't eat certain types of food because they are "bad" and you weigh yourself constantly. People who… Continue reading Discovering myself in Donutland
The thing about depression is you don't always realize you're in the middle of an episode until you're out of it. For the past few, well, months really, I've been living under a dark and cloudy haze. I was barely keeping my head above water, desperately fighting against the current that wanted to pull me… Continue reading How a sea witch and Shrill made me find my sense of self again
This post is a long time in the making. Like, two years long time and, honestly, I'm still not sure it's going to see the light of day (of course, if you are currently reading this, it obviously means that I decided to hit "publish" after all). If you have followed me on social media… Continue reading The PB&J Problem: why a writer who wrote a book about running is no longer running
You know that scene in National Treasure where Nicholas Cage scales the home of the Liberty Bell and gets those super secret special magical glasses that Benjamin Franklin designed and he used them to read the super secret special magical message on the Declaration of Independence? That's what it feels like to navigate the world… Continue reading Decoding Diet Culture
You can grow flowers from where dirt used to be -- Kate Nash I didn't know if I was going to do a word this year. I did it last year and while I definitely lived up to the whole zero fucks to give thing, the last few months of the year have been such… Continue reading My 2019 Guiding Word
