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Feminism
Seriously, Stop Telling Women How to Act in Public.
CN/TW: Eating disorders, anorexic behaviors The owner of the Instagram account You Did Not Eat That has a mission. Her mission is to “out” thin, beautiful women who dare post pictures of foods they claim to be eating that are not salad, fat-free-yogurt, or fresh fruit. This person has decided it’s time to put an end to thin women pretending…
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Skepticism
ADHD and Celiac: You’re Gonna Get Hop-Ons
A couple of months ago, this op/ed by Dr. Richard Saul, author of the new book ADHD Does Not Exist, started making the rounds on my social networks, including in response to my sharing a post about what it’s like to have ADHD. Last week, my feed was inundated by this article, headlined, “Researchers Who Provided Key Evidence For Gluten…
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Activism
You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See
Content notice: suicidal thoughts. “I can’t wait until you get sick so that I can take care of you,” a former partner joked once, when I brought him soup because he had a cold. Taking care of our loved ones is among the most rewarding parts of a relationship. It can be hard to remember to find new ways to…
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Skepticism
Twist and Shout
The squeaky anticipation that comes with uncorking a bottle of wine is akin to the tactile sensation of placing a needle on a spinning record: romantic, nostalgic, exciting, evocative, and above all, a vestige of a bygone era. But with every snap-crackle-pop murmur to life as a record player finds its groove, that needle is slowly destroying your record, and…
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Skepticism
The Female Athlete Triad, part 2: The Right Stuff
(Content notice: disordered eating.) My dietician is punching away at a calculator, as I watch her with the trepidation I might feel watching an airline employee attempting to find me a new flight in a snowstorm. “So, you’re not eating enough to begin with, and then a third of your calories are coming from alcohol or chocolate,” she says with…
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Skepticism
Everything I Know About Pairings I Learned From Wine and Popcorn
Pictured, my friend Bridget O’Malley’s genius pairing: rosé champagne and Twizzlers. Every year in wine media I see posts about what wines to pair with Thanksgiving dinner. With Superbowl Sunday. With Easter ham. With Flag Day. Even though I think people obsess about pairings a lot less than they used to, pairing advice, much of which I find completely useless…
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Science
The Female Athlete Triad: Not As Fun As it Sounds
Content notice: eating disorders. “Have you ever heard of the Female Athlete Triad?” I know what my new doctor’s about to say as soon as I hear the words “female athlete.” Having struggled with the ghosts of an eating disorder throughout my twelve-year running history, I get asked if I’m aware of the world’s best-named collection of ailments at least…
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Featured
My Sulfite Headache
“I think I’m allergic to sulfites. This wine gave me a headache.” “Well, how much did you drink?” “… a bottle?” It happened so many times during my time as a wine salesperson that it had become one of our most standard jokes, some of us even going so far as to just cut out the second line: “This wine…
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