This post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Vancouver, Canada. Check for other posts from the conference.#AAACASCABy Rebecca J. Lester, author of Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in AmericaIn 2017, America awoke to news of a
Excerpted from Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America by Rebecca J. LesterI came dangerously close to dying from anorexia twice, once when I was eleven years old and again when I was eighteen. I was hospitalized both times for several months and spent years in outpatient t