Just The Way We Are
Can I call your sister stupid? No? Does that bother you? I’m not sure why, seeing as how you don’t even like your her. You tell anyone who will listen and rarely go home for holidays. What? What was that? Oh, so you think your sister is stupid? So what’s the problem? Why is [...]
It’s a weird week for news and not news news (do I sound like a horrible love child of Gertrude Stein and Donald Rumsfield? No? I should…). Syria is still a mess btw, we still have a small portion of our gerrymandered electorate holding the country hostage on our sixth day of government shutdown. But [...]
I am many things. A mother. A writer. A Wife and lover of all things Dr. Who. I’m ADHD and I’m anxiety and I’m really, really bad at putting the forks back in the same spot every time I unload the dishwasher. I’m allergic to the world, infertile, and at 35, I’m dealing with [...]
Girl Body Pride is coming up on a birthday. To celebrate, we are taking a moment to showcase our favorite submissions from guest writers and contributions from our regular team. Do you have a favorite you’d like to see here? Send me an email at . H.C. Palmquist published Yesterday’s Scars on Girl Body Pride [...]
A friend recently sent me a link to an article on Ed Bites regarding the author’s thoughts on the media and eating disorders. The article, to be published in Emirates Woman magazine, is well-written, thought-provoking, and importantly (to me, anyway) written from personal experience. The author, Carrie Arnold, recounts her own experience as an [...]
I just had a 20 minute argument with The Husband about his need to be excited about EXERCISE and GOING PALEO because he just read A BOOK and now he sees the proverbial light. He wants EXERCISE and is full of suggestions for what I NEED TO DO and and it’s all in [...]
A lot of us hide behind our words. It’s easier that way. Usually, anyway. But then the voices inside our heads that can only be expressed with our fingers on our blogs or in our journals or in our essays remind us that we can’t always keep the secrets at bay. If we had cancer [...]
Words inspire. Words like these help us realize that there are so many others like us and not one of us us alone, even if we feel as if we are. For some time now, I’ve hoped to build a resource list for Girl Body Pride readers who may need more than the words [...]
We all know how poor body image can sometimes lead down a dangerous path. The messages this time of year doesn’t always help: “Look Christmas Cookies! Aren’t they Yummy? Don’t eat too many!” ” I hope your new years resolution is to lose weight.” “Those latkes and jelly donuts sure won’t help your waistline… “ Sometimes these messages roll [...]
Things I thought today: I’m fat again. It’s okay because it’s temporary. I can get myself back on track. I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again. Until then I may as well say “fuck it” and make sure to hide the candy bar wrappers. My daughter doesn’t own socks and we are moving [...]
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