Role Reboot

Why I Want To Keep My Pregnancy Private

I’m not looking forward to the part where everyone wants to talk to me about my pregnancy, my body, touch me, offer me advice and criticism. It’s not that I’m averse to attention. I’m not—I love attention. But I only want it for things that I have earned. My husband, Devan, wants to know when […]

What Happens If We Let Fat People Be Happy?

There is this idea that if a woman celebrates her fat body as beautiful and worthwhile, then she is a bad influence on those around her. Imagine this: A woman tells a story on her personal blog about how she learned to stop hating her body. She writes of the journey that took her out […]