Experiences of Male Eating Disorder
I wrote a piece this month for the online ED magazine, Mirror-mirror.org. Using some of my qualitative analysis of published stories, written by men who have endured disordered eating, I…
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Quick Musing on New Male Eating Disorders Article
There’s a new article released by Trends in Urology and Men’s Health. It’s a salient, speedy read that covers the essentials and it’s aimed primarily at clinician practitioners to help…
The Fat Male Body in Eating Disorders Research
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a binge-eater who is male…and fat. Gone are the days when my bingeing was disguised by the edifices…
Zayn Malik’s ‘Eating Disorder’
It has been a goodly while since I updated my research journal because I’ve been finishing my PhD, which I submitted yesterday (excitingly). This week the media has had a…
Freedom & Chains
My latest publication is out this month: Delderfield, R. (2016) Freedom and chains: the duality of the university experience for young men with eating disorders. University and College Counselling Journal.
Men, gender and misandry: breaching the binary
Tomorrow I’m giving a lecture as part of University of Bradford’s Diversity Festival. This session explores society’s abiding desire for binary genders, the changing nature of 21st century masculinities and…
Binge Eating Disorder Recovery – Food Monitoring
If you’ve read my EDAW posts, you’ll know that I’ve been trying in earnest to begin a recovery programme to free myself from the grip of this set of habits…
Binge Eating Disorder Recovery – a tough week
Beginning to earnestly work on my recovery again has reminded me of a sad but essential fact – working toward recovery is exhausting – and that’s only after four days….
Returning to recovery
As it’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week, I wanted to mark the occasion by doing something a little different. So, instead of editing excerpts from my research journal I’m going to…
The problem with ED research…?
As part of my research into male disordered eating, at the end of last year I read an article: ‘Perceptions of the causes of eating disorders: a comparison of individuals…
Millstone
‘Millstone’ is the new documentary by Men Get Eating Disorders Too* and director Florence Pellanci. It tells the stories of men who speak about their experiences from illness to recovery including…