My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us.

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

Just because you're a different size doesn't mean you're sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.