I’m crying on vacation because my friend is such a beautiful writer. Lu Chekowsky in The Rumpus therumpus.net/2022/07/19/fat…

When a good friend writes a great essay…the wonderful Lu Chekowsky, thank you for this beauty ♥️

I had the honor of editing this essay with the incredible author, Lu Chekowsky. Please take a moment to read it if you have a chance!

"Rose was brave enough to be big in a world that told women to be small. She wore vibrant colors, bold patterns, giant earrings. She’d dance her bloated hands along her waist while shimmying. I might as well flaunt this." Fat Ghost, Lu Chekowsky

Oh, wow. Thank you so much, Leigh Stein. <3 Your support and encouragement of my work mean so much to me. I think I look like the blushing face emoji right now.

Highly recommend taking some time out today to read this incredible writing from Lu Chekowsky, recently published in The Rumpus

Thank you, @MemoirMonday and The Rumpus! 💫💥🌹

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Dear Dianne Jacob, your essay in @MemoirMonday today is gorgeous and I’m in awe of what you’ve captured here about food, love, loneliness, family. I’ll be thinking about this for a while. Thank you. memoirmonday.substack.com/p/cooking-with…

Thank you to Muse by Clios and to Tim Nudd for giving a home to “Just Another Dan Wieden Tribute” — and many thanks to Dan Wieden, the human, who is still somehow able to give me permission to use my one weird, true voice even now that he’s gone. ❤️

Thank you for seeing me and this story, Tim Nudd. Grateful beyond measure. ✨

Life highlight: being named “essential” by the ultimate arbiter of essential, Lauren Epstein. Thank you, Lauren. ❤️

Thanks to @autofocuslit for giving this piece about my time spent with WomensWorldOfBoxing and Reese Scott Mendez Boxing a worthy home. 🥊🥊❤️

This is, as they say, extremely my shit. Beauty lil ode to boxing from Lu Chekowsky

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Kate Branca @profeldamaria The Rumpus Sienna Zeilinger ilana Davon Loeb Monica Prince—ROADMAP AVAILABLE NOW! Reader Ashlen Renner: Perfectly blending humor & honesty, “Fat Ghost” by Lu Chekowsky explores the connection of grief & food. In the wake of 3 pandemic years, this is the essay I needed during this toxic bathing suit body season. The Rumpus #RumpusEssays therumpus.net/2022/07/19/fat…