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The Statesman Weekly Wrap-Up Ep. 24: Sex and Relationships

Juliana SlocumMultimedia Podcasts Sex and Relationships 2021March 25, 2021March 29, 2021

For the Sex and Relationships special issue, editors report on the body positivity movement, student’s experiences with eating disorders and diet culture, legislation for the welfare of the LGBTQ community in the military and the journey to self-love.

Diet culture’s complicated relationship to body positivity

Maya BrownFeatures News Sex and Relationships 2021 Student Life Top StoryMarch 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Danaher has struggled with anorexia nervosa — an eating disorder characterized by distorted body image and a compulsive fear of being overweight — since the age of 13. She is now 22.

Inside my mind behind my eating disorder

Vincent SparagnaOpinions Top StoryOctober 3, 2018October 3, 2018

I face a fundamental dilemma that’s disturbed me for nearly three years now: a constant struggle with disordered eating, particularly cycles of binging and purging.