Hey 起! 
A monthly-ish newsletter from 
Communal Table Wellness
 
Hey hey! 
I've reemerged… 
and so will those pesky diet messages.
I wouldn't call myself an optimist but wow, am I overly optimistic about time! From “needing only 10 minutes to get ready” (which rarely is just 10) to underestimating the time it takes to drive anywhere (I should know better as an Angeleno), I tend to imagine I can fit a whole lot more into an allotted amount of time. It has been almost 3 months since my last newsletter. When I wrote that Hey 起! is a monthly-ish newsletter, I was serious about the -ish part. 
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Shields for the annual diet BS season!
Predictably with the closing of each year, the annual weight loss and diet schemes assault is not far behind. Before it descends upon us when the calendar flips to January 1st, I want to offer some seasonal prophylaxis with the list of podcast and articles below.
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Shields Up!
👂 Resolved: Your Anti-Diet New Year. WUNC. A 3-part series exploring diet culture with gentle nudges to live in our bodies instead of judging them. 
 
 
👀 Will We Ever Escape ‘Before’ and ‘After’ Photos? The Cut. They sure are effective at making us stop and look but a snapshot rarely tells the whole story.   
 
👀 How to encourage Americans to eat healthier without body-shaming. NPR. Writer and anti-diet advocate Virginia Sole-Smith shines a light on how just focusing on nutrients can lead us to miss the bigger picture.  
 
How do you stay sane and tune out diet culture?
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Unrelated… 
A random footnote of what's bringing me joy and silliness these days! 
📺 I finished the HBO series Somebody Somewhere a while ago and was recently reminded of how good it is while listening to a pop culture podcast. This exquisite character study stands out for its warmth, stealthy humor, and phenomenon acting. And can Bridget Everett sing or what?! 11/10, cannot recommend enough.
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Sending you wishes for a healthy and joyful 2023!
Elizabeth

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