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Fifteen Years and Thirty Pounds
When I was in high school and just mildly overweight, I used to think that if I lost twenty pounds my life would change, that boys would really see me, the popular girls would talk to me, I would ace...
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My Life in Sweatpants
Clothes shopping has always been painful for me. School shopping with my naturally thin sister, Jennie, was excruciating. I stood by while she slipped effortlessly into any style she desired. She...
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Will High School Be Awful For You? Yes.
This morning, when I logged onto The Fat Girl Blog , I was met with something disturbing. While glancing at my blog stats and seeing where all of my visitors are coming from, I noticed something in...
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The Universe Between Us
Alone, I am a star burning against the night sky. I am lost in a blanket of darkness, a heaving illuminated mass threatening to collapse in on itself. But together, Timmy and I are a galaxy, a vast...
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I’ve Been Looking So Long at These Pictures of Me
I show you pictures of a teenage me, and instead of commenting on the height of my bangs or the short of my skirt, your lips form a perfect circle as you oooh and aaahh over a much thinner version of...
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That Time I Failed Miserably at Life
Three years ago I had an idea. A bad idea. Sick of being tethered to a scale, to the idea that I had to weigh everything in my life, I smashed my scale and declared myself free. It was fun and...
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I Fucking Hate My Body, and I’m Tired of Pretending I Don’t.
A few weeks ago I read an article called I F*cking Love My Body. I tried to get into it, to understand the message, to feel the same pride in my inherited features, but I cannot pretend to be...
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