My Secret Eating Disorder
By Abbie Lewis I’ll never forget the day I stepped on to the scale and saw a number that horrified me, and made me want to change everything I knew about myself. I used to…
Concluding Everybody is Beautiful Week
By: Christina Terrell Everybody is Beautiful Week is a movement that the UMKC Women Center puts on to celebrate body positivity and combat eating disorders. The idea comes from the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA).…
Mass Media and Body Image
By: Brittany Soto In a world that is heavy on technology and social media usage, it makes it easier to communicate and connect with others, but the question is, is the media always trying to…
The Root of Eating Disorder isn’t About Food
Danielle Lyons I’ll let you in on a little secret: Eating disorders are never really about food. It’s usually linked to a bigger issue or trauma. But that’s not what we see when we think…
Binge Eating: The Invisible Eating Disorder
by Danielle Lyons When the topic of eating disorders come up, one thinks of the notorious two; Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. But alas there is another we tend to forget: Binge Eating Disorder. According to…
Happy Every Body is Beautiful Week!
By Kacie Otto This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. In conjunction with the national campaign, the Women’s Center, partnered with the Counseling Center and Swinney Recreation Center, hosted a few events…
Marginalized Voices in Eating Disorder Recovery
In honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and UMKC’s Every Body is Beautiful Week, this is a guest blog from the National Eating Disorders Association Blog. For more information about UMKC’s Every Body is…
Participate in Every Body is Beautiful Week 2014
Hello everyone! The blog below is a guest blog from UMKC’s USucceed Blog. It features our Every Body is Beauiful Week events (taking place dureing the 2014 National Eating Disorder Awareness Week), so check it…
Wonder Woman and Eating Disorder Survivor: My Friend, Jamie
By Morgan Paul As a part of the new body positivity project I am starting I plan on talking with various people who are willing to sharing their journeys and perceptions of body image. For…
Too Big for a Two-Piece?
By Morgan Elyse Friends, blog readers, mothers, daughters, good sirs: I. Am. Livid. Normally I consider myself to be a very peaceful person, but after what I witnessed in the dressing room of a Target…