fatphobia
It’s time to talk about running and disordered eating
C Icart March 28, 2023Content warning: descriptions of disordered eating. Last year, I published one of the most vulnerable pieces I’ve ever written. It was an article on recovering from what I called a “fitness obsession.” In that article, I wrote: “I was going on runs more often than eating meals, and it was catching up to me. My anemia got so bad, I always felt like I was on the verge of fainting.” This week, my doctor told me my hemoglobin levels had normalized. It felt like such a win. But I can’t stop thinking about how common my story is. In 2016,…
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SFU student wins Nora and Ted Sterling Prize for work on fat activism
Srijani Datta September 12, 2018Layla Cameron, a journalist, fat-stigma activist, filmmaker, and PhD student at SFU is this year’s recipient of the Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy. She is being awarded for her work on body size and image issues.…
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