On Mar. 6, Pomona College’s Gender and Women Studies Department hosted a talk by Dr. Athia Choudhury on diet culture and the rise of the calorie.
Tag: Body Image
Overcoming the stigma: Claremont Colleges host events for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
The Claremont Colleges Eating Disorder Task Force Team hosted a series of events highlighting National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
‘A collective space for group healing’: Scripps Body Activism Club puts students’ experiences first
Kahtya Cherney SC ’25 and Casey Malone SC ’24 have transformed their class assignment into Scripps’ Body Activism Club, carving out a needed space at the 5Cs.
OPINION: Embracing aging is body positivity
Aging is a normal bodily process; Embracing rather than resisting it is a form of body positivity, writes Mishaal Ijaz.
Read it and weep: On breaking up with diets
Nina Potischman PO ’21 reflects on her relationship with food, the wellness industry and the effect Christy Harrison’s book “Anti-Diet” had on her life.
Reflexive: How I had to fall apart to start taking care of myself
Relationships columnist Micaela Macagnone PO ’20 writes about her semester abroad in Madrid and sobering return home after her father’s passing. She reflects on how she found self care amidst grief: “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day we moved — lying on my bedroom floor, with the sun shining through the windows onto the furniture-less wood floor, sobbing while trying my absolute hardest to remember the look of the ceiling, walls and floors.”