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Words About the Tricky Business of the Physical Self
By Mikala Jamison · Launched 6 months ago
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“Junk food” needs no defense, “healthy food” needs no praise
Some foods offer more or less nutrition than others. We shouldn’t think of food as “bad” or “good,” but we should understand it better to make choices in a twisted system.
May 11
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The exercise class customer is always right
Gyms need group classes for total beginners. You, the customer, have to push for it.
May 5
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We need complicated weight loss stories
I don’t want the only weight loss stories out there to be celebratory ones. I want the unnerved and disenchanted ones, too.
May 18
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Weight loss made me obsessed with my looks. Now what?
On manic preoccupations, beauty as self-worth, and raising children in an appearance-obsessed world.
Mar 21
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“Junk food” needs no defense, “healthy food” needs no praise
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Is “healthy” a bad word now?
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Weight loss made me obsessed with my looks. Now what?
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Why are “fitness” people so annoying?
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We need complicated weight loss stories
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Solo workouts vs. group classes: A showdown
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‘I’m still learning what an eating disorder means for me in my body’
A conversation with writer Julie Gallagher.
May 10
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'One person’s rigid, unhealthy ritual is another person’s comfort food'
A conversation with food and culture writer Alicia Kennedy.
Apr 27
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Solo workouts vs. group classes: A showdown
Why do group classes over solo workouts, or vice versa? “Should” you mix the two? What are the benefits and drawbacks to each?
Apr 6
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Why are “fitness” people so annoying?
There must be a reason why they can't shut up about how great exercise is.
Mar 8
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Is “healthy” a bad word now?
Our conversations about bodies are a little broken. We can fix it.
Mar 1
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In praise of the lazy meal
Meals that make you feel good and give you some nutrition, but also are lazy as hell, are possible.
Feb 24
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Weight loss is weird
Why, you might wonder, couldn’t life have just been easier and kinder when you were bigger?
Feb 2
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“LOVE YOURSELF! LOVE YOURSELF! LOVE YOURSELF!”
Why are we being made to feel bad for feeling bad?
Jan 19
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“Junk food” needs no defense, “healthy food” needs no praise
12
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Is “healthy” a bad word now?
5
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Weight loss made me obsessed with my looks. Now what?
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Why are “fitness” people so annoying?
5
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We need complicated weight loss stories
4
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4
Solo workouts vs. group classes: A showdown
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