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This Is Not Your Mother's Eating Disorder
Aug 1, 2025 • Amie Newman
The Fear of Fat Is Not the Fear (or Why My Scale is Part of the Problem)
Sep 27, 2025 • Amie Newman
A Conversation With Amie Newman On Midlife Eating Disorders, Women's Stories, and Recovery
Mar 1 • Amie Newman and Open Secrets Magazine
The Big & Little Mercies of My Body
Jun 1 • Amie Newman
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A Glorious Freedom: A Story "Slam"
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Jul 25 • Amie Newman
A Conversation With Amie Newman On Midlife Eating Disorders, Women's Stories, and Recovery
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Mar 1 • Amie Newman and Open Secrets Magazine
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Freedom or Fear? The Replay
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Published on Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam! • Jul 20
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It's July. Our theme is Freedom or Fear? I Choose Freedom. You?
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This Is Not Your Mother's Eating Disorder
Aug 1, 2025 • Amie Newman
The Fear of Fat Is Not the Fear (or Why My Scale is Part of the Problem)
Sep 27, 2025 • Amie Newman
A Conversation With Amie Newman On Midlife Eating Disorders, Women's Stories, and Recovery
Mar 1 • Amie Newman and Open Secrets Magazine
The Big & Little Mercies of My Body
Jun 1 • Amie Newman
Write Your Eating Disorder (Even When It's Messy)
Aug 19, 2025 • Amie Newman
The Big & Little Mercies of My Body
This might be a story of how I ruptured my Achilles tendon two weeks ago in a remote part of Mexico and how much it’s highlighted my turmoiled…
Jun 1 • Amie Newman
This is not a metaphor
(A poem)
May 17 • Amie Newman
A Spring Clearing: Purple Crocuses and A Book Update
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Apr 17 • Amie Newman
Reclaiming Ourselves in Menopause and Beyond: Circle-Sharing, Writing, and Movement
What are the stories about this stage of life you want to share or discard? What are you holding onto that inspires you or that no longer fits, and what…
Mar 5 • Amie Newman
A Love Letter to Myself After Eating Disorder Treatment
What I learned about recovery from getting treatment for anorexia and bulimia in my fifties
Published on Open Secrets Magazine • Feb 27
Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within
An Interview with author Alishia McCullough on why centering the eating disorder experiences--and healing--of Black women and femmes will help all women…
Nov 3, 2025 • Amie Newman
Latchkey Crones
Gen X women are powerful, and we are tired of being quiet.
Published on The Reclamation Era • Oct 17, 2025
Upcoming: An Interview with Alishia McCullough, Author of "Reclaiming the Black Body"
Okay, here’s a little teaser for you.
Oct 6, 2025 • Amie Newman
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