Body Dysphoria in Anorexia and Transgenderism

People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.…
Shared experienced and stories from women who have lived it.
People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.…
Mothering through anorexia is pretty much like living through hell. It's really important for mothers to be realistic with themselves about their achievements, rather than just critical of everything.…
The pressure to lose weight is enormous, but there should be more pressure on the beauty and weight loss industries to rein in their propaganda. Thin doesn't equate to happy, nor healthy.…
Someone with an eating disorder can, for all intents and purposes, look perfectly healthy. By the time their bones are sticking out the disease is very advanced, and not all sufferers reach that stage…
Is all the fuss to love your stretchmarks actually helping women or is it just silencing and shaming them by invalidating women's feelings about changes to their bodies?…
How can a woman get the support she needs in life? From birth plans to career, it's tough finding people who will genuinely support you, as opposed to just paying lip service.…
We need to shine the spotlight on schoolyard bullying, including online bullying and start protecting children from its harmful effects like depression and suicide.…
Women are so desperate to reach peace within themselves that they push away their anger, viewing it as a negative and damaging emotion. But why are we forgiving people we have never been angry at?…
Most people see nutrition as something that is important to maintaining health, however for some people it goes beyond that – nutrition becomes something that they must control…