Posts made in October, 2014

Why I Am Grateful for 12 Years With an Eating Disorder

Posted by on Oct 6, 2014 in EDs and the Media, Ins and Outs of Eating Disorders, Insurance Issues, My Story | 10 comments

Why I Am Grateful for 12 Years With an Eating Disorder

On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, I traveled to Washington D.C. with hundreds of other eating disorder advocates to participate in the Eating Disorders Coalition’s fall Lobby Day and to join the first ever M.O.M. March on Capitol Hill (#MarchAgainstED). I’d never done activism of this sort before. So, on Monday night as I was packing for my trip, I Googled “What do you wear to go lobbying?” The answer: “Look good. Damn good. You’re representing millions of people in these meetings.” (But hey, no reason to be nervous, right?) To be honest, the fact that I would...

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