Bodies

Parents often confuse healthy eating in children with that of adults. They shouldn't.

I appear to be someone whose queerness, hairiness, and chubbiness has been wholly embraced and celebrated. I must have the answers! I don't.

Gwyneth's attempt to eat on a food stamp budget failed to take into account the reality of living in poverty.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up helped me consciously acknowledge what I’ve always unconsciously suspected. Objects are magical.

Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions wasn't your typical cutesie baby fare. It was raw, real—and unabashedly funny.

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

You know what’s an epidemic? Making people feel second rate and ashamed, criminalizing them for something like having an obese pregnancy.

I dreaded putting him back on Concerta in the fall but I knew I had to. Or did I?