After a one-year struggle with bulimia, Andrea Smeltzer died in her sleep at the age of 19, catapulting her mother, Doris, into a journey of self-discovery. By combining Andrea’s poetry and journal entries, mother and daughter tell the story together, capturing the bond that connected them... Read More
A busy time for us during Eating Disorders Awareness month! We just returned from talks in CT and will head out again for more in NY and PA. There have been so many things that have transpired since my last post...things that I am still pondering before I commit them to paper. Until then, a young person from another country wrote me recently with questions after reading our book, Andrea's Voice. She gave me permission to share my answers with you:
We spent the last few days at Andrea's alma mater, Pitzer College. Our time there was amazing...from the luncheon tables where students were encouraged to sign "No fat talk" commitments all the way to our evening presentation--the day was magical.
In a previous post I mentioned Georgia's misguided and harmful Strong4Life Campaign where the focus is on shaming fat children through posters and ads that send stigmatizing messages with words and pictures.
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