Recently, my mom called me and asked, “What do you eat?” I didn’t really know how to answer initially. Then after some teeth pulling, she revealed that she was interested in vegetarian and tofu recipes. I was thrilled. My embrace of occasi-tarian ways has been the subject of mild ridicule, so to have mom on…

It is no great secret that plus sized models are gaining more and more traction these days, and it is no great secret that the average American woman is a size 14. And, those of us who have tipped the scales from time to time know that if you are larger than say a 14…

Just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder so is fat. For example, last week I was waxing poetic about being near 200 lbs. And, there were times in my life when I was happy to be 200 lbs, or happy to be where I am now. When I got married for the…

Here I sit for, not for the first time, being much closer to 200 lbs than I would like. I’ve been here before and in some ways it feels like I have slipped into this larger version of myself like one would slip into a pair of well-worn house shoes. Despite my discontent, I am…

I write the body- The combated body Like sexton, ostriker, olds. The body, the only thing Tangible, real, solid- Each generation smaller and smaller, Until there is little to nothing left to hold, To grasp- more obscurity, less tangibility. I write the body- A body tested by ambush makeovers, Pro-ana gen-c, the fight against reality.…

Camels and Ocean Currents Poems In my head Like brain waves Wreaking havoc Causing traffic I think in simile Metaphor the persistent Soundtrack Like talking to Camels about ocean currents, My artistic dribble lost on you.

On September 16th, there was a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in S.E. A great deal of the nation’s citizens stayed glued to the T.V. and watched with anxiety as the chaos unfolded and conflicting reports as to the death count and the number of shooters flashed across the bottom of the screen.…