It's a very ritualized, precious routine

For Maryam, anorexia was a way to disappear. But outside the institutions meant to cure eating disorders, she learns to resist the binary of recovery or death. This episode was produced by Maryam Gunja and Phoebe Unter. And informed by… Studying Hunger Journals by Bernadette Mayer Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire by Janam Mukherjee Saving our own lives: a liberatory practice of harm reduction by Shira Hassan Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo We need to reject the false narratives around anorexia by Katy Waldman Strangers Among Us by Rachel Aviv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.