Fitness, food, motherhood and life at the Quarry

My body on display: Society’s “standard of postpartum”.

May 3, 2017.Reading time 12 minutes.

I’ve read a few blog posts lately, and have seen several posts pop up over Twitter and Instagram that respond to those ugly, hateful messages that public figures see in their comments sections, or find in their inboxes target at their bodies. In an interesting twist of life events, I’ve personally had a sudden influx […]

The Body War.

July 27, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

I thought of a way to title this blog for the entire day, and kept coming back to The Body War. Why war? Because that is exactly what is going on. A war. It’s not a discussion or a conversation, it is an all out war. And the media is fueling it. This won’t be […]