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Being in your body — new summer reads about bodies and health
Original writing on bodies, health and well-being to enjoy in your summer break.
As a fat adult, running fills me with dread – at the risk of being uncouth, the only sports bra that would make running comfortable would involve a feat of engineering up there with the Burj Khalifa
Megan Whelan never really understood the joy of exercise. Until she finally nailed Warrior pose
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6m read
I wish I could say I’ve outgrown this coat of shame, but I haven’t. Not yet. But I have been working hard to replace it with better material
Disability advocate Erin Gough writes about prying questions about her body, and learning to find it worthy
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Wāhine were never made to shrink, lose weight or act smaller. Our fat has carried us across oceans of ten foot waves, from one edge of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa, to the other
Instagram has a billion users. So why does it seem to want to hide a small group of them?
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How do you mourn the person you might have been without hating the one you are?
Through self portraits, life modelling, and cabaret, Jess Ducey found a way to make peace with her body
Discusses fat phobia and disordered eating.
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6m read
When I put the tree up the other day all I could see was the macaroni angel or the clothes peg Santa that my kids made when they were little. Everything just shouted out to me that they weren’t here
How to maintain a sense of Christmas cheer when family members are absent these holidays
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