We explore the idea of body positivity, how it's changed the way we see ourselves and others, how it's shifted the way we think about food and exercise, and how it influences our parenting. We are both still learning and recognize that our thin and able-bodied privilege color our perspective. Below is a list of resources we've found helpful on this journey and we'd love for you to share more in the comments so we can all continue learning together.

• Instagram follows:
• Yrfatfriend
• Megan Jayne Crabbe
• Dani Adriana
• Kate J Baer
• Podcasts
• Food Psych, especially the interviews with Lindy West, Virginia Sole-Smith, and Ijeoma Oluo
• She's All Fat
• Books
• F*ck it Diet by Caroline Dooner
• Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon
• Hunger by Roxane Gay
• Shrill by Lindy West
• The Eating Instinct by Virginia Sole Smith (and her recent NY Times article When You're Told You're Too Fat to Get Pregnant)

Life lately

Abby tried out grocery delivery, but is not yet convinced of its convenience.

Sarah is vacuum sealing all of the blankets in her house.

Reading lately

Abby read The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grown-ups by Erika Christakis and Sarah tried another Kristin Hannah novel: The Great Alone.

Eating lately

Sarah has been brewing kombucha and Abby's family is enjoying "adult lunchables" for an easy dinner.

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