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Anorexia Rule-defiant poetry cuts to the core of an eating disorder

Rule-defiant poetry cuts to the core of an eating disorder

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Depending on where we are on our eating disorder (ED) recovery journey, we will respond differently to the poems or stories that we read. When our ED is loud and raging, we will be drawn to, and love, everything that paints ED as the powerful one. Such is the magnetism...

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eating disorders Poetry writing as a self-help tool when recovering from an eating disorder

Poetry writing as a self-help tool when recovering from an eating disorder

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If you really want to know me, read my poems, because this is my soul. _ Anne Poetry is an art form that helps many people to express how they feel. It may involve jotting down a poem now and then when feeling inspired, keeping a daily journal specifically for expressing...

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Art Beat of the Country When a feminist educator visits a country town, awakenings occur

When a feminist educator visits a country town, awakenings occur

My writing encompasses seemingly diverse genres of academic writing on rural policy, regional development and transformative community engagement and personal poems.  I write to develop an authentic mother tongue connecting people and the landscapes they inhabit. My focus is rural lifestyle and the interdependence of urban and rural communities.  Publications...

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