In this episode, Karin welcomes Ken Capobianco, music critic, and recovered author to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “The Ballad of a Thin Man.”

Join Karin and Ken for a conversation on shame and detail for men with eating disorders, the harm of specific gender focused treatment, the challenges of treating all genders, how food and sexuality intertwine, the medical complications of an eating disorder, the misperception of “scaring people straight,” the liberation of sharing one’s story of recovery, and much more.

Ken Capobianco is a music critic who has written about pop music and the arts for over thirty years after receiving his M.A. in Literature from Tufts University. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, Billboard, The New York Times, The Cape Cod Times, and The Journal of Modern Literature. After recovering from acute anorexia, which spanned three decades, resulting in a stroke at the age of 45 years old, Ken wrote, “Call Me Anorexic: The Ballad of a Thin Man.” Ken is also a former instructor of writing and literature at Northeastern University and instructor of journalism at Emerson College. Follow Ken @kcapo45_writer