I wrote about yoga inversions and menstruation.

I’m glad you liked it.

A letter to yoga teachers on many things, but especially (at least for me) on unwanted touching.

On the dangers of apple cider vinegar .

Fat at You — All the ways in which existing in my body is a purposeful insult to the people who have to look at me. Or something. I Am Not Brave — On people’s reactions after learning that I teach in that school. The body and gender policing present in the phrase “football shoulders” . And some yoga humor to [...]

I’m raising funds and bowling for abortion access in Arizona, and I will write you awkward poetry of your choice in return for donations. I also wrote Too Little to Matter for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It looks at respecting — or not — bodily autonomy and consent, largely in non-sexual situations. And Yoga Bodies , on the idea [...]

March is/was Endometriosis Awareness Month. I finished the last week of it talking about:

– Current medical and surgical treatment options.

– The assumptions other people make about how I “should” deal with endo.

– Why awareness isn’t enough.

Also, unrelated to endometriosis, sometimes street harassment is just… odd.

All Bodies Are Beautiful? — “Sometimes I think of my body as beautiful; a lot of times I do not. And I am okay with both of those. Moreover, whether or not people perceive me as beautiful does not matter in terms of how I fundamentally expect they should treat me. ” Admitting — “And yet, despite [...]

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I also wrote Your Boner, Your Responsibility on the expectation that women are expected to titillate the male gaze… in the appropriate way, at the appropriate time.

Hair — I got my hair cut recently, noticed a mother trying to manage her daughter’s haircut, and thought about the times that’s happened to me. For Endometriosis Awareness Month, I wrote I Hate My Hips about a disease that goes further than chronic pain. (If you’re not sure what endometriosis is, I’m writing an introductory series at [...]

Continuing my series on pelvic floor physical therapy, I wrote about my initial moments at the office, with intake and stuff.

To kick off Endometriosis Awareness Month, I wrote about hearing the question of Feeling Better? when I am definitely not.

Is Pelvic Floor PT for Me? — “I had certain misconceptions about pelvic floor dysfunction (a sort of catch-all term for when the pelvic floor isn’t functioning happily). Those misconceptions basically amounted to thinking that all pelvic floor dysfunction was hypotonic pelvic floor dysfunction (characterized by muscles with loose tone and insufficient strength).” Guest Author: Coming Home [...]

I guest authored for Glorify with Body Phrases I Hate: “Junk in the Trunk” . Which, yeah, talking about my butt. And at Consider the Tea Cosy with Gushing & Giving , which talking about my uterus and vagina. Well, donating blood in the context of a history of menorrhagia. On my own blog, I wrote Pelvic Floor PT & [...]

I had a guest author this week — On Apples and Abdominal Adipositivity — “My stomach, for so long my nemesis, has been the hardest part of my body to stop hating.” Eating on the Clock — “So I’ve been seeing variants of this story for the past day or so — that people who consume the [...]

I wrote Donut of Defiance on employee weight loss programs, pressure, and resentment. And, of course, donuts.

I’m also looking for guest bloggers.

My frustration with a yoga teacher who was really focused on body size and whittling your waist.

Toilet Paper & Pathos — Teaching my students the fine art of persuasion.

A recipe for gouda mac and cheese and food anxiety.

I wrote about the idea of Getting a Better Body, now that I’m surrounded by weight loss and fitness ads.

Stop projecting your misconceptions about fat onto my life. — ‘Projection 1: All fat people “do it to themselves” — i.e., “make themselves fat” due to massive calorie intake and far too little exercise.’ I Resolve to Like Food — ‘Openly and without apology.’ Not Playing — ‘So I was surprised when the woman in front of me [...]

I wrote Pizza on Fire about the last Christmas with my grandpa before he died. It does, yes, involve flaming circular food.

The Biggest Loser & Internet Vitriol — Why being called ugly, lazy, and a bitch does not, in fact, invalidate my opinions.

A few posts of mine that are unrelated to the murders. I’m not ready to go there even with my private words, let alone with my public ones. #stopbiggestloser, still a fairly serious post, looking at The Biggest Loser’s plan to include teens next season and Golda Poretsky’s campaign to ask them to stop. For anyone looking [...]

I signal boosted and haphazardly brainstormed for the Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival. My submission, looking at students, power dynamics, and literary analysis . I also recounted an overheard conversation in which a child’s teacher told her she could eat anything first . Not to mention, got pissed at my insurance company for repeatedly sending me presumptuous spam [...]