Although it reads like diary entries, only parts of the book are dated, for example ‘Winter 1978.’ At the age of eleven Lori Gottlieb begins a diary. Her first entry proclaims that she wants to be the thinnest girl on the planet and that there is nothing else for a girl to wish for. This is a story of treatment for, and recovery from, anorexia.
This book contains one chapter of selected diary entries. This story, of treatment for EDNOS (Eating Disorder Otherwise Not Specified), is not told in linear time. It includes therapy notes, treatment exercises, and the centre’s rules and regulations. At the age of twenty-three, after nine years of illness, Nicole Johns checks herself into a treatment facility where she spends three months. The author happens to be bisexual, which she barely mentions in the text. She does not consider it an issue nor does she relate her sexuality to her eating disorder.
Event takes place at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London, SE17 2RB. Get your “butch jam” and “vegan cupcakes” here. Admission is £2. All welcome. See more information: woteverworld.com/2012/03/spring-market-queer-fayre-april.
Commemorate with millions of people around the world. Help to end discrimination and violence towards gender and sexual minorities. Help to raise awareness about the inequity that exists around the world. Support advocates in countries where it is still illegal to be with the person that you love. If you’d like to plan your own event, let us know what your plans are and we will share with the world.
In the tradition of the Dyke Marches held abroad, this will be London’s first Dyke March since the 80s. Meet at 5pm in Soho Square for a pre-march rally, then march through Central London/Soho down to the South Bank via Hungerford Bridge.
Dyke March London is about dykes. We support dyke visibility and celebrate our love and passion for women and all dykes. Dyke March London is for everyone: dykes, queers, bisexuals, transwomen, genderqueers and allies. This is a grassroots, non-commercial, anti-racist, community-centred, accessible, inclusive event. See the Facebook event page for more.
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