Imagine a World Without Weight Hate

This Weight Stigma Awareness Week (WSAW), taking place Monday, September 28 – Friday, October 2, 2020, we want to End Weight Hate and help the broader eating disorders community understand why weight stigma and weight discrimination should matter to everyone. As well as how it contributes to and exacerbates eating disorders in people of all […]

Weight & Generational Trauma

Everyone’s eating disorder struggle looks and feels different. The same thing could be said about body hate and weight stigma. For me, weight and body image triggers go hand in hand. For the most part, I’m grateful because my eating disorder didn’t really intrude on my body image or weight. Even though my ED has […]

I Am A Tool.

As a photographer, I am a critical component in the image capturing process–I am that tool that stands behind the camera, knowing what to say to make the subject smile a certain way; waiting for the light to hit a mountainside; capturing the oceans in a way that can evoke drama and chaos; and knowing […]

You Look Great: Battling Bullying and Eating Disorders as a Man

Somewhere on the New Jersey Parkway, my friend’s dad looks in the rearview mirror – looks me in the eyes – and says, “Car’s running a little slow today, eh, Justin?” It’s a middle school summer: I’m a year or two into a five-year affair with braces, I’m learning to skateboard and play guitar, and […]

Finding a Philosophy to Match My Outlook

It wasn’t hard for me to stop dieting. I was exhausted from the processes – mind, body, and soul. It was harder for me to find a thinking or philosophy that matched my new outlook. Body love, peace and joy didn’t resonate with me. I’d been through too much diet-culture centric trauma to embrace those […]