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advocacy In diet culture, ‘gain’ is feared and despised

In diet culture, ‘gain’ is feared and despised

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Gain is not a four-letter word—at least not in the bad way fostered in diet culture. Diet culture taught me to fear and hate that word for decades. As I strived to achieve and maintain a smaller version of my body, I became a smaller version of myself partly because...

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advocacy Mirror, mirror … you are an eating disorder trigger no more

Mirror, mirror … you are an eating disorder trigger no more

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Mirrors have been part of my life since puberty, when I started getting acne and wearing makeup. Mirrors didn’t rate before then. What a wonderful time that must have been! In my early 20s, a friend suggested I get a fun house mirror that made me look thinner (I frequently...

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