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Real Talk Moment: Body Image

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  I know most of my blog posts in recent years have been book related and I haven't exactly been keeping up with it (sorry readers!), but I'm going to try and start blogging more again, and go back to including more than just what I've been reading (though there will still be some posts of those!). 🟊🟊🟊 That said, as the COVID-19 stay at home / social distancing has been going on for months, I haven't gotten out in public much. I'll probably end up sharing some of my quarantine thoughts at some point, but today I wanted to talk about going to the "beach" (it was actually a reservoir) for the first time all summer, and how I felt in my swim suit being that I've come a long way with my body and to be honest, weigh much more than I have in previous summers. This may be a longer post, and it's going to delve into my history with body image and eating disorders, so if that is a flag for you, you may not want to read the whole post. 🟊🟊🟊 For those of...

WCW: JLaw Edition

Once you get to know me you learn one very important fact: I have the biggest woman crush on Jennifer Lawrence. For so, so many reasons.  1. We would totally be friends in real life. In fact, I would totally try to recruit her into my sorority. Then I'd want her in my fam. Actually, she kind of reminds me of my big. 2. She makes awkward cool. I'm not always the most put together person. I like to make funny faces, and I sometimes say things at the exact wrong time. I once talked to a girl during recruitment about how I had 'chimpanzee hands'. (My hands are really tiny, and my thumbs are kinda short). Luckily, she still thought I was pretty cool (or so my little tells me). Good news is: JLaw can be really inappropriate at times too. And she makes it okay. 3. Girl knows how to eat.      (This is where this post gets serious.) In High School I suffered from anorexia nervosa. There was a lot going on in my life at the time, and I think it was in part lashing out a...