So, I have some exciting news: I'm seeing someone.

It's fun to be in a new relationship with someone who has been in my life for years but I actually don't know very well. She's smart, funny (at least she thinks so), and our relationship is moving pretty fast. In fact, we even shared a bed last night. Oh, and one more thing about her...she's me.

Eating disorders aren't just about trying to lose weight. There are a host of issues that accompany it.

Aesthetic:
-Osteoporosis (brittle bones that break easily and also can cause curvature in the back, AKA hunchbacked)
-Partial or complete baldness...possibly for life

Guest author Kim Tran is a graduate student in the Ethnic Studies program at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work examines refugee communities, transnational labor, gender and queer studies. She is originally from San Jose, California, a proud survivor of California’s public schools and universities who aspires to think alongside young people in classrooms and community. Her work can be found at www.kimtranpoetry.com

About two years ago I found myself slumped over my toilet, gasping for breath on my bathroom floor.  It was the last time I binged and purged.  Since then I’ve taken numerous steps toward recovery.  However, as a woman of color my path toward recovery has been limited by the literature and language of standard clinical models of treatment that fail to address the world as I experience it; a place in which people are divided by race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.