Hole Food Diet

"Hole Food Diet" represents the complex relationship women often have with food and body image. Throughout my life, being tall and slender has invited judgment and assumptions. I’ve been called a “skinny bitch” or accused of having an eating disorder—comments that inevitably shaped how I saw myself, despite maintaining what I consider a healthy, balanced relationship with food. I eat mindfully, yet I also allow myself to enjoy the so-called “junk foods” without guilt. While society often focuses on fat shaming, skinny shaming is equally real. Both stem from distorted ideals of beauty—many of which are perpetuated by the fashion industry and popular culture. This piece challenges those perceptions and opens a dialogue about acceptance, nourishment, and the freedom to define one’s own relationship with food and body.