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Spreading Joy and Awareness: The Joy Project at the NEDA Care Fair

Nefiso Abdi (middle left), Hodo Mohamed (middle right), Eliza Vu (furthest left), and Abyan Ahmed (furthest right) from The Joy Project were thrilled to be a part of this year’s NEDA Care Fair, a community-centered event dedicated to spreading awareness, providing resources, and supporting individuals affected by eating disorders. The fair empowers local communities by …

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The Black, Femme History of the Body Positive & Fat Liberation Movement

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The Joy Project would like to highlight the history of both the Body Liberation and Fat Acceptance Movements, the Black, Queer leaders and advocates that created the movements, and the discussion around how these leaders have been left out of the very movements they created. We end this discussion with a list of resources, articles, …

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Assumptions & Myths About Eating Disorders

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Assumptions about Eating Disorder Behaviors Eating disorders are a choice In a short answer… No! In a longer, more detailed answer, still no, but because eating disorders are complex ,biopsychosocial illnesses, meaning that there are biological, psychological, and social-environmental factors that ALL contribute to developing an ED, personal choice not being one of them. For …

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