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What's Your Lockdown Comfort Food?I know. This is not March 2020 and we are not, officially, back in lockdown. But judging from the response to Tuesday’s essay, a lot of you, lik…
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The Value and Visibility of Momfluencer BodiesListen now (41 min) | Parsing the motherhood we're allowed to see, with Sara Petersen
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Are schools teaching our kids fatphobia?
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Because illness isn’t a moral failure and “doing everything right” has never been a guarantee of health.
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What's Your New Year, No Diet Resolution? This can be a random, just-for-fun goal, or something you’re doing more intentionally to break free of diet culture. It can also be literally nothing at…
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"We All Know Too Much About Nutrition."Listen now (36 min) | How to Raise an Intuitive Eater with Amee Severson
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Wrapping up the year with a whole pile of gratitude for you, friends.
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We may need this on a t-shirt: Fatphobia is always the X factor.
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What Were Your Food & Body Wins This Year?Did you stop a diet? Refuse to start one? Have a hard conversation with a fatphobic doctor, colleague or family member? Even just start thinking about…
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"The Goal Is Not A Kid Who Eats Everything."Listen now (36 min) | Amy Palanjian on backup meals and releasing our shame over frozen burritos and Eggo waffles.
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Part 1: "Will it Be Trousers For Women?"
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Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

Navigating culture and fatphobia, especially through health, fashion, and parenting. (But non-parents like it too!)
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