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February 2014

February 20, 2014

Why Barbie Belongs on the Cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit

As the Eberhart family finishes packing the contents of their Manhattan apartment in the opening...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Eating With Our Daughters (With Joy!) + A National Adoption Month Special!

Today, in honor of National Adoption Month, I'm delighted to welcome my friend Jennifer Grant...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

How the Beauty Culture Blasphemes Our Bodies

In her memoir Bossypants, Tina Fey claims that everyone knows Photoshopped images aren't real, but...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Ken Could be Real; Barbie, Not So Much

I'm reading Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History (yes, I know, you wish you had...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

Support Groups for Self-Starvation

Carolyn Gregoire has an eye-opening report up at Huffington Post on how Tumblr has become...

February 03, 2012

Doing Good or Looking Good?

How I terribly misconstrued and made poor use of a talented actress's work. {An edited...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Is Hating My Body a Sin?

I love seeing the search terms that bring people to Eat With Joy. Some of...

January 21, 2012

Using God as Backup for White Middle Class Standards of Beauty

Usually for your weekend reading I post something of interest from around the web. This...

January 20, 2012

How Patriarchy Gave Me an Eating Disorder, Part 2

My husband says I forgot to point out that not only did Ruth pursue Boaz,...

January 19, 2012

How Patriarchy Gave Me an Eating Disorder, Part 1

Disclaimers: 1. This title is, of course, hyperbole. 2. My parents didn't teach or embody...

October 2011

October 09, 2011

Speaking Out, Part Three

{I'm away this week. In addition to the delights of being with family & friends,...

October 08, 2011

Speaking Out, Part Two

{I'm away this week. In addition to the delights of being with family & friends,...

October 07, 2011

Speaking Out, Part One

{I'm away this week. In addition to the delights of being with family & friends,...

August 2011

August 22, 2011

Am I too thin to say “accept your body”?

Last week, I received a comment on the Audrey Hepburn post--in which I urged that...

August 09, 2011

White Collar’s Woman Problem

[Or, Tiffani Thiessen is not fat.] {Today I'm delighted to welcome my co-blogger from the...

August 03, 2011

My Audrey Hepburn Problem

From about age 15 or so, Audrey Hepburn was my idol. I worshiped the iconic...

August 01, 2011

Is it all just navel gazing? (and sometimes literally?)

I used to be a literal navel gazer. Well, almost. I didn't sit around looking...