The other day I was talking on the phone to a friend in Los Angeles, an Episcopal priest who founded and runs a school and daycare center near Skid Row […]
Tag: Eating Disorders
The Pretty Paradox
She was trapped in the pretty paradox: how could she address her problems if she wasn’t allowed to have any problems?
Something for Nothing: The Splenda Thief
“Something for nothing” is a lie that consumerism loves to perpetuate. And America has fallen for it over and over, not only in the ersatz foods we eat and drink but in “no-cost mortgages,” “zero-financing” credit scams, and now, thanks to reality TV, even zero-talent instant celebrity.
Eating Disorders Are Not “About Control”
Of course, eating disorders involve control, but the force that’s in control is the disorder, not the individual. It’s like saying diabetes, or cancer, or tuberculosis is all about control! The illness controls your life, not the other way around. But that’s never what the uninitiated mean when they say EDs are “all about control.”