Red Tent Sisters

I read Kim's most recent posting - I'm gonna have to get that book! I saw it last time I was at the store and considered getting it. I wish I had checked out the book circle titles before tonight b/c I would have loved to have been a part of that discussion group. Menstruation is one of my "academic"/personal topic of interest and women's wrestling is the other. I'm really interested in how women experience the weight management aspect of the sport. Through my participation in the sport and interaction with other women in the sport I have come to realize that the normalized perspective about eating habits [some people have eating disorders and everyone else is "normal"/healthy] is problematic. I believe that eating behaviours exist on a continuum with individuals who have eating disorders on one end and the vast majority of women being along the mid-section of the continuum [ie. having disordered eating]. Kim mentioned wanting another term to describe the problematic relationship women have with food and their bodies. For a variety of eating behaviour terms which are less well known check out this website: http://www.nedic.ca/knowthefacts/definitions.shtml