Coming up: I am so excited about this week’s audio newsletter with Tyler Feder, an artist who explores big feelings, feminism and pop culture, and author of the fantastic new children’s book BODIES ARE COOL. You can learn more about Tyler here, and definitely go right ahead and order your copy of her book
First of all, I love this post (and I am head over heels for Bodies Are Cool! I wonder how different my life might have been had I had this book as a kid...) I would personally like to see "here’s a list of great books about X."
I would love a book club! I'm just now becoming introduced to intuitive eating, so recommendations on where and how to start would be great. I also am interested in books that take on current cultural norms around food and body size. At this point I'd like non-fiction, but wouldn't be opposed to fiction books that covers this ground too.
Also, thank you for this newsletter. Last week I decided to stop restricting my food. I have enormous thin privilege, but have gained weight in the last few years and am working to become comfortable with where my body wants and needs to be right now. Thanks for the guidance, information and hope.
I'm a mom of two boys and my oldest is a young teen. His friends are all thin and super active, and while my guy is also super-active he is bigger, and always has been. His friends "help" him by sharing diet plans and workout routines. This bothers me. I'd love to find resources for him that could normalize body image for teen boys without being "the fat kid book" if you know what I mean. I was definitely the fat girl growing up and feel like in the '70s and '80s there were a lot of books about fat girls, but fat boys in fiction/movies were either Chunk from the Goonies, Ricky from Better Off Dead, or later on, the mean cousin in Harry Potter. If there are any pop-culture resources that portray XL teen boy characters in a positive light, or healthy magazines/websites for teen boys that don't have six-pack abs on the cover, I'd love to find them!
First of all, I love this post (and I am head over heels for Bodies Are Cool! I wonder how different my life might have been had I had this book as a kid...) I would personally like to see "here’s a list of great books about X."
I would love a book club! I'm just now becoming introduced to intuitive eating, so recommendations on where and how to start would be great. I also am interested in books that take on current cultural norms around food and body size. At this point I'd like non-fiction, but wouldn't be opposed to fiction books that covers this ground too.
Also, thank you for this newsletter. Last week I decided to stop restricting my food. I have enormous thin privilege, but have gained weight in the last few years and am working to become comfortable with where my body wants and needs to be right now. Thanks for the guidance, information and hope.
I'm a mom of two boys and my oldest is a young teen. His friends are all thin and super active, and while my guy is also super-active he is bigger, and always has been. His friends "help" him by sharing diet plans and workout routines. This bothers me. I'd love to find resources for him that could normalize body image for teen boys without being "the fat kid book" if you know what I mean. I was definitely the fat girl growing up and feel like in the '70s and '80s there were a lot of books about fat girls, but fat boys in fiction/movies were either Chunk from the Goonies, Ricky from Better Off Dead, or later on, the mean cousin in Harry Potter. If there are any pop-culture resources that portray XL teen boy characters in a positive light, or healthy magazines/websites for teen boys that don't have six-pack abs on the cover, I'd love to find them!