My brain vs. the unstoppable passage of time
What happens when ADHD meets anorexia?
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Good number, bad number
The goalposts always move.
Also me: How cognitive dissonance keeps us stuck
To eat, or not to eat — that is the question.
Save for later?
Getting better? That’s a nice idea.
Give me a (commercial) break: An ode to traditional advertising
Once, just once, I’d like to see a real person try to sell me car insurance.
Curves, Kibbe and comparing women to fruit
What if I told you there’s more to our bodies than how much fat they carry?
My chemical relapse
Addiction and eating disorders are both medical conditions — so why do we judge them so differently?
‘Don’t get old’, and other traps
You look good… for your age.
Solutions on subscription
Stay thirsty. Stay hungry. Stay lacking.
Get off the ceiling
The upside down world of eating disorders and the topsy-turvy world of recovery.
I don’t make the rules
(I do. I literally make all my own rules.)
Sweet dreams are made of cheese
Sleeping with an eating disorder is easy peasy cheesy cheesy cheese cheese.
You know what, Tyra? I’m disappointed, too
We were rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!
Why can’t I have my cake and not eat it too?
I want to get better without getting bigger.
The anorexic bubble
It’s safe. It’s sanitised. It sucks.
It’s more obvious than you think
Healthy people don’t want to be sick.
Oh, for it to be effortless
I never try.
The unlikely cult of anti-pro-ana
Yes, I'm serious.
The pros and cons of being three-dimensional
Body checking: angling for compliments, looking for trouble.
The cake and the cliff
I think I might have a problem.
You’re wrong about anorexia
And so is Lily Collins, probably.
I am not a car
You are not a car, either.
I’m a carbie girl in a carbie world
Eating pasta, it’s… fantasta?
If music be the food of love
A love letter to Silverchair.
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