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The Most Important Thing For Me Was To Never, Ever, Ever Deny It. But I Didn't Really Have The Courage To Talk About It. I Was Thinking, The People Who Need To Know I'm Gay Know.

When I Watched Ellen Come Out In '97, My Jaw Was On The Floor. I Thought, There Are Some People Who Break The Doors Down, Hold Them Open, And Some People Who Walk Right Through.

And Dieting, I Discovered, Was Another Form Of Disordered Eating, Just As Anorexia And Bulimia Similarly Disrupt The Natural Order Of Eating. "ordered" Eating Is The Practice Of Eating When You Are Hungry And Ceasing To Eat When Your Brain Sends The Signal That Your Stomach Is Full. ... All People Who Live Their Lives On A Diet Are Suffering. If You Can Accept Your Natural Body Weight And Not Force It To Beneath Your Body's Natural, Healthy Weight, Then You Can Live Your Life Free Of Dieting, Of Restriction, Of Feeling Guilty Every Time You Eat A Slice Of Your Kid's Birthday Cake.

Women In The Postfeminist Era, While Supposedly Strong And Commanding And Equal To Men In Every Sense, Looked Weaker And Smaller Than Ever Before.

The Diet Industry Is Making A Lot Of Money Selling Us Fad Diets, Nonfat Foods Full Of Chemicals, Gym Memberships, And Pills While We Lose A Piece Of Our Self-esteem Every Time We Fail Another Diet Or Neglect To Use The Gym Membership We Could Barely Afford.