Making Space for Kids’ Bodies, Fat Fashion, and Healing Grief
The May Mid-Month Link Round-Up is here!
This month’s round-up is all about making space—for the messy parts of healing, the joy of dressing a fat body, and the real work of raising kids without passing on our food and body hangups. Plus, a few more recent pieces we absolutely loved.
When Healing Feels Like Losing
We loved this article from
because we know how hard it is to be present with the grief that comes along with healing. We love this take and we think you will too!
Anti-Diet Influencers Talking Weight Loss
If you’re on social media, you’re experiencing this in some capacity—and it’s triggering AF. We love
’s take on this, including how she walks herself through that triggering moment to connect back with what’s true for her.
When Your Kids’ Bigger Bellies Bother You
We have always loved
’s take on parenting in a body-obsessed world and this article was no different. A great insight for all of us trying to break the cycle with our kiddos.
Fat Fashion
This is something we’re just starting to learn about at Nope, and the more we learn, the more unhappy we are! Thanks to
for sharing vulnerable about her experience and helping us see that we all need to start thinking about how we can advocate for change in the plus-size/fat fashion space.
How to Build an Anti-Diet Home Culture
We LOVE how extensive this guide is from
! There’s no one way to do it, so dig through here to get lots of ideas for how to create the anti-diet home culture you envision for your family.
Rethinking Restrictive Diets for IBS
Gentle nutrition and finding non-restrictive ways to care for the body is an area we care a lot about here at Nope after 10+ years of restriction-based healing for our founder,
. That’s why we love this article from so much. Her approach and explanation make a clear case for why that is not always the best option from a trauma point of view.
Did You Catch Our FREE 3-Part Series?
We shared our first-ever 3-part series last week: Body + Baby. In it, we explore the nuance and challenges with body image and disordered eating in pregnancy and postpartum. Our goal was to share openly and authentically, with no BS or sugar-coating, and we did that! If you haven’t listened yet, start with episode one:
Body + Baby: How to Navigate Pregnancy When Your Body Feels Like a Stranger
As our first mini-series, we’re making this available to all subscribers. However, all future mini-series (2-3 each year) are available to paid subscribers only! If you want to get more special content like this, make sure you upgrade as a paying Substack subscriber for $5/month or $50/year.
Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing my essay Jessica 💜