bodies

When the formerly fat spoke of their hardships, I didn’t take them seriously. I thought that without the problem of weight, their lives must be perfect.

Wondering how to talk to your kids about consent? It's not hard as you’d think — the conversation changes over the years, but it’s all the same framework.

It was impossible to binge — not being able to chew took away much of the enjoyment. I had to change my relationship with food.

I didn't tell them there were four individuals in the rapidly sinking ship that was our polyamory relationship: myself, him, her, and my eating disorder.

I grew up in a fatphobic household — one that was created by my mother’s fear of getting and staying fat.

Is everyone so deeply entrenched in diet culture that we don’t even hear ourselves anymore?

"Roller Derby saved my soul."

Leaving Louisiana means going back to a place that’s colder — climactically and culturally. My chub rub will appreciate the cool down, but I am not looking forward to returning to a place that’s so dry. There’s something about New Orleans, so hot and haunted, that pushes me into my body and the precious tenuousness of my humanity.