Conversations with Patricia Leavy Part 1: Ways of Knowing
January 22, 2018 by Tracy
Filed under Eating Disorders, Featured, Mindfulness, Writing and Poetry
Conversations with Patricia Leavy Part 1: Ways of Knowing Patricia Leavy, Ph.D. is an independent sociologist and best-selling author. She has published twenty-four books, earning critical and commercial success in both nonfiction and fiction, a rare feat by any author. Her work has been translated into numerous languages. She is also the creator and editor […]
Feminist Scholar Blurs the Arts and Sciences: An Intimate Conversation
July 17, 2013 by Tracy
Filed under Art Therapy, Creative Art, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Wellness
*This interview of Dr. Patricia Leavy was originally prepared for publication in the now defunct arts e-zine, HerCircle* I interviewed scholar and novelist Patricia Leavy for an UpClose Interview featured in February 2012 HerCircle E-Zine, about her passion for blurring the arts and sciences. Since that interview Leavy has gone from being a professor to […]
Musical Inspiration
April 18, 2013 by Tracy
Filed under Featured, Finding Your Voice, Music, Writing and Poetry
I am a writer. Plain and simple. It is more than my title, but less than my sum. Writing is my hobby, my passion, my job. It is what I do at work and what I do on my days off. I can’t say it absorbs every one of my waking thoughts, but it comes […]
Black Women and Fat and a Photo of a Girl Wearing Someone Else’s Face
April 1, 2013 by Tracy
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Healthy Eating, Media Literacy, Weight Stigma
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Kate Fridkis. It is not totally rare that I am moved to tears, but this time it was for a good reason. I was standing in a sleek little gallery on the Lower East Side, music beating in the background, as I looked at an enormous photograph of a little black girl […]
Why a Parent’s Empathy is Vital for a Bullied Girl — and Why It Often Goes Out the Window
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. When I did the original research for Odd Girl Out, I asked every bullied girl I interviewed to tell me what she needed most from her family. The answer truly surprised me. It wasn’t having the best solutions, calling the school or trying to act like everything was […]
Is Hooking Up Good for Girls?
June 5, 2012 by Tracy
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Guys, Healthy Communication, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Sharing Feelings
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. As a relationship advice columnist for Teen Vogue, I get a lot of mail from girls in “no strings attached” relationships. The girls describe themselves as “kind of” with a guy, “sort of” seeing him, or “hanging out” with him. The guy may be noncommittal, or worse, in another no-strings […]
No Offense, But I Was Just Kidding: Dealing with Mean Jokes
May 22, 2012 by Tracy
Filed under Bullying, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. “When girls say ‘just kidding,’ what percentage of the time are they really joking?” It’s one of my favorite questions to ask girls, and I rarely hear numbers in double digits. That’s because “just kidding,” and its cousin, “no offense,” are phrases girls (and guys, though less […]
Is It Too Late to Apologize?
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. Hi Rachel, I started college last year and met my friend who quickly became a best friend. The problem is that later on in the year a third friend popped up to make a threesome and I didn’t handle the situation as gracefully as I could have. […]
