In honor of Weight Stigma Awareness Week, I want to write about one of the origins of weight stigma, which is the belief that being...

Yesterday I attended the memorial service of a woman from my church who recently passed away after a little over 20 years of battling...

It’s amazing what two little words can bring up, even if the person they’re directed at isn’t me. “That cow.” My reaction took me by...

I have a confession: I have a sweet tooth. This probably isn’t a surprise to anyone who’s read about my experiments with baking and vegan...

Recently my neighbor had to have one of her cats put to sleep. It just so happened that I made chocolate chip cookies that day. Knowing...

I just finished reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, a book that is, in some ways, all about food – or rather, the lack thereof. It’s...

Last week I wrote about how “guilt-free” food advertising encourages feelings of shame about eating, so perhaps that made me all the more...

You may have seen Special K’s recent ads that invite you to consider, “What will you gain by losing [weight]?” They even have a section...

We’ve been having something of a heat wave here in Maine, although that didn’t stop me from getting out to pick blueberries last Monday...

For a long time, my only association with the term “talking heads” was the musical group and newscasters (in that order). But as I gained...