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Here’s Why I’ll Never Compliment Someone’s Weight Loss

Let me start off by saying that I genuinely love giving people compliments. I love spreading kindness and when it comes to compliments, I don’t hold back. With that being said, I will not compliment someone’s weight loss and I don’t think…

Dear KJ: How Can I Get My Trainer at the Gym to Stop Making Body-Shaming Comments?

Athletes, Body Image, Weight Stigma

"Dear KJ" is a monthly advice column by Dr. Kjerstin "KJ" Gruys, sociologist, author, and body image activist. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology with a focus on the politics of appearance and is the author of Mirror Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned…

Weight Stigma and Dieting Almost Killed Me: A Story From My Childhood

Binge Eating Disorder, Recovery, Weight Stigma

For many people, dieting begins with a promise of a new life with better health and a feeling of euphoric lightness. We learn implicitly and explicitly that we are more desirable when thin and that our lifestyle should be directed toward keeping…

No One Believed I Could Have an Eating Disorder in a Fat Body

Activism, Body Image, Recovery, Weight Stigma

When I started @iamdaniadriana five years ago, I never thought that I would amass nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram. My dream when I started @iamdaniadriana was to give a voice to those who have felt marginalized from the eating disorder…

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The Challenges of Eating Disorder Recovery in a Higher-Weight Body

Binge Eating Disorder, Recovery, Weight Stigma

From a young age I was taught to believe that thinner equaled better, and larger equaled lesser. My dance teachers reinforced this, my father reinforced this, and the media reinforced this. Eating disorders are typically associated with thinness,…

Eating Disorders Have No Size

Recovery, Weight Stigma

I was first diagnosed with an eating disorder in 2013 when I was 19, but my deadly eating disorder and terrifying habits had begun long before then. They started when I was 14 and progressed for five years until I was so deep in my eating disorder…

It’s Complicated: My Struggle with Emotional Eating

Binge Eating Disorder, Recovery, Weight Stigma

The use of food for emotional comfort is often normalized in our culture. It’s very common to see TV shows or movies portraying actresses drowning their sorrows after a breakup by eating a tub of ice cream or an entire box of chocolates. That…

Dear Melody: How Can I Accept Healthy Weight Gain?

Recovery, Weight Stigma

“Dear Melody” is a monthly advice column by Dr. Melody Moore, a clinical psychologist, yoga instructor and the founder of the Embody Love Movement Foundation. Her foundation is a non-profit whose mission is to empower girls and women to…

My Best Friend and I Wear Different Sizes But We Wore the Same Dress. Here’s Why.

Body Image, Weight Stigma

Last week, my close friend Colleen and I were invited by NEDA to see the NYC premiere of Fattitude. This documentary film was created by Lindsey Averill and Viridiana Lieberman and it explores the discrimination fat people face—done by society,…

Ugh. It’s 2017 and Women Are Still Judged by Their Looks on Job Interviews

Body Image, Weight Stigma

I’ll never forget the day I arrived at a job interview with my hair dyed black with a subtle hint of blue. I didn’t think it would be an issue at a supposedly young and innovative media company, but my interviewer couldn’t see past my…

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