Annetta Ramsay, Author at Women's eNews

Texas Anti-Abortion Antics Go Back a Long Way

By Annetta Ramsay & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● July 16, 2015

The Supreme Court just might hear an appeal to Texas’s TRAP law, making it the biggest abortion case in 25 years. This showdown has been building for decades here, as anti-abortion extremism keeps pushing the legal envelope.

Parents Can Help Make Eating Disorders Go Away

By Annetta Ramsay & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● February 22, 2015

Families seem to be spotting eating disorders sooner than years ago. A danger point is puberty, when young women start being very concerned about their bodies. If they develop body dysmorphic disorder it can be a precursor. Be ready to face some anger.

Thigh Gaps Weigh on Those With Eating Disorders

By Annetta Ramsay & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● February 15, 2015

My patients usually cite their thighs as a source of their body-image struggles, even when they are dangerously underweight. Listening to their extreme hatred for their thighs can be painful.

School BMI Screenings Can Foster Fat Shaming

By Annetta Ramsay & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● February 12, 2015

Eating disorders are grounded in shame and shame is the glue that makes them stick. Shame doesn’t work. We should focus on health, not obesity or weight loss. So let’s join the push against school BMI screenings and look for other ways to fight childhood obesity.

‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Tilts the Sex-Power Balance

By Annetta Ramsay & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● January 8, 2015

It’s 1924 now and all women are on the brink of gaining the right to vote. Watch how the female characters work to subvert a class system and its patriarchal foundations. It’s a great soap opera, bubbling with history. And afterward, thankfully, we can turn it all off.

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