Dispatches from the weird world of conversion disorders

I’ve been fat and I’ve been thin, but I think I like myself best when I stop caring so much

A cupboard full of canned goods triggers my deepest insecurities

This popular phrase might be comforting, but it also perpetuates weight stigma

And it’s not yours, either

When a back injury slowed my pace, it also changed my relationship with my city

Sometimes, our bodies hold stories that keep us trapped in pain

I wanted to listen to my body — instead, I made it scream

What would sexuality even feel like without all this pain?

Lessons from inside a coffin

Finding meaning in the spaces between

I’m afraid my family history of cancer will catch up with me — and that dementia will come for my husband

If this is what it takes to achieve the American dream, we need to go back to the drawing board

For so many years, I accepted that my body belonged to the men in my life

Their bigotry, they tell themselves, is for my own good

Creating a family of my own felt impossible until I rejected the confines of society — and biology

My extra-long locks were a symbol of ownership and dominance, which is why I chopped my tailbone-touching mane

People need more than support; they need solutions, alternatives, and creative thinking

Ignorance is bliss, but not when it comes to hereditary illness

Embracing the way I talk marks a new era of my life

I wasn’t able to properly listen until I was nicotine-free

How sex ed in U.S. schools overlooks the female experience and hurts teens like myself

Simple strategies for effective ingestion

Those women in the magazines did a job on my head — after all, I was one of them