Picky eating could soon be added to a medically recognized list of mental illnesses and eating disorders. This kind of eating disorder isn’t as simple as not eating your broccoli. This is for people whose eating habits interfere with having a functional life. For some, “avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder” (ARFID) comes from a fear of ...
This year I don’t have a resolution. I have a non-resolution. My New Year’s Resolution is to not have a resolution to lose weight, diet, or drop a pant size. I see it every year — women vowing to lose belly fat, to stop eating chocolate, to detox diet. And companies notice it, too, and they ...
It’s a sad fact that men still don’t look after themselves properly. Sure, we check for lumps on our nuts now and again, and have our glands probed by a chilly-fingered nurse in our Well Man exams; but as Dr. Larry Goldenberg, head of the department of urologic sciences at Vancouver General Hospital and the ...
Are you tired of hearing people go on about weight loss? I sure am. And to add to the pot of self-loathing pot, Senator Claire McCaskill decided to announce to all of her Twitter followers that she was going to lose 50 pounds. And now she has reached her goal. Well, woop-de-doo to that. “I’m ...
Some say men think about sex every 52 seconds, others predict it’s closer to every seven. But just how often do women’s minds wander to sex, and is it our number one concern? Apparently not. A new study reveals more than 50 percent of women think more often about food than they do about sex. ...
Ever read lists of top things women should know or try in their lives? Schmutzie tells us why these lists are bullshit. I have a burr under my saddle today, and it is in the shape of articles whose titles contain the phrase “every woman should”, such as: –”Twitters Every Woman Should Follow” –”10 Things ...
Usually a good night out involves talking, laughing, and let’s not forget eating. So as to not spoil a good night, you stuff your face and then when you get home you face the guilt. Unfortunately, a great number of women are pigging out in public and starving in private. Just like anorexics and momorexics, ...
We already know Americans eat too much, but why do we have to hear about it over and over? We’re consumed with what foods make us fat, creating a toxic relationship with food. Just today I learned that diet soda leads to weight gain and consuming too many snacks leads to an expanding waistline. I ...
As soon as New Year celebrations pass, infomercials start harrowing you with exercise plans and diets to prepare your body for the star accessory of summer: the swimsuit. Judging from the banged-out, super slim figures of the women in those ads, being fit for summer is an insurmountable task but a new study reveals that ...
Millions of women worldwide of different faiths battle with eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, but it’s a problem that’s increasingly prevalent in Orthodox Jewish communities. In fact, it’s become so noticeable that Rabbis are making it their responsibility as spiritual leaders to speak out. Having developed into a life or death situation, a call ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
