Christine Schoenwald
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Christine Schoenwald Articles
I’m riding my bike around a local community center on a Sunday morning.
Read...A sad fact: Many men who are sexually attracted to fat women are ashamed of it. We need to talk about men who want sex with fat women but won't date them.
Read...I still went to the painful place of being fat-shamed and decided that was why he had refused to kiss me. The pain never fully went away.
Read...My brother, Frederick, was eight when I was born. I don't know if he was happy to have a sister or resented me being born, as it was difficult to get any kind of reading on what he was thinking or feeling. I never felt any love or affection from him — unless his way of showing it was through emotional and physical abuse.
Read...Some of our happiest moments are those when we think that no one is watching: when we sing at the top of our lungs in our cars, or we dance down the frozen-food aisle of the supermarket allowing ourselves the freedom to let our inner child out. However, when you’re fat and the fat person’s representative, you don’t get any of those times of abandon because you’re always trying to lead by example and show that you’re the perfect fat person.
Read...The truth is, we want our cats fat and our women skinny.
Read...Sexual assault doesn’t discriminate based on body weight, and none of us should take our safety for granted. My fat doesn't protect me.
Read...I’m in an ongoing threesome with fear and anxiety.
Read...One of the reasons that narcissists are so troubling is their lack of compassion and awareness regarding how their behavior affects other people.
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