The myth buried in Dove's "Beauty and Confidence Report"
Dove recently released a new report on female body confidence that found women and girls lack confidence in their physical appearance,...
Letter to the Editor: We must listen to students with mental illness to support them
This post originally appeared on the GW Hatchet. After six long, difficult and amazing years at GW, I am proud to call myself an alumna....
The Problem with “Before and After” Photos in Eating Disorder Recovery
This post originally appeared on Proud2BMe. If you’ve seen mainstream reporting on eating disorders recovery, you’ve probably seen the...
Neesha Arter is Breaking the Silence around Sexual Assault and Eating Disorders
This post originally appeared on Proud2BMe. Trigger warning: Descriptions of eating disordered behavior and sexual assault. Neesha Arter...
5 Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Eating Disorders
This post originally appeared on Proud2BMe. Fill in the blank: “______ has an eating disorder.” What words do you associate with that...
4 Reasons Why I’m an Eating Disorders Awareness Advocate
This post originally appeared on Proud2BMe. During my freshman year of college, when I was in the darkest moments of my eating disorder,...
Fighting the Shame of Stigma
This post originally appeared on Proud2BMe When I took my first steps toward recovery, I had to accept that I was struggling with an...
5 Things you can do to end the stigma surrounding mental illness
This post originally appeared on the Active Minds Blog. Today is our day, stigma fighters — it’s National Day Without Stigma! We’ve got...
