March 2012
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Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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WCS Spotlight for my play "faith!"  →
Mar 30th
Mar 29th
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Why I make art about eating disorders and...
My new one-woman play “faith” is an autobiographical account of my experience with a decade-long eating disorder, followed by the seven years since in which I have been recovered. It is so deeply personal, so raw, so vulnerable, and so dear to my heart and passion as both an artist and activist. Every day I rehearse this play, I relive the emotions and pain of my eating disorder. I...
Mar 29th
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Mar 27th
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Mujer, Interrumpida...: Trayvon... →
latinegro: As I write my next blog for the Huffington Post, I feel obligated to say how angry I am becoming. There are so many things that I am seeing and reading about this Trayon Martin tragedy that it just makes me sick. This whole situation where George (Jorge) Zimmerman has not seen… I must reblog this. Racism is a body image issue. Racism is body disempowerment - its affects and...
Mar 27th
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“That’s when the chills come, waves of cool down your arms telling you...”
– excerpt from Caroline Rothstein’s one-woman play “faith,” April 3 & 4 at the Living Theatre in NYC
Mar 27th
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“Sometimes, I wish I could go back in time and hug the starving 11-year-old girl...”
– excerpt from Caroline Rothstein’s one-woman play “faith,” April 3 & 4 at the Living Theatre in NYC 
Mar 26th
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“But an eating disorder has nothing to do with weight. It’s a mental illness. A...”
– excerpt from Caroline Rothstein’s one-woman play “faith,” April 3 & 4 at the Living Theatre in NYC
Mar 26th
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Adrian Piper. Amazing.  →
Mar 23rd
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“A lot has changed since the mid-90s. We now know that eating disorders are...”
– Excerpt from Caroline Rothstein’s one-woman play “faith”
Mar 23rd
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Israel banning too thin models →
Mar 21st
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Mar 19th
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Mar 16th
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Gratitude.
That is all. 
Mar 16th
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“For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language...”
–  Audre Lorde
Mar 15th
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Mar 15th
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☯: 100 Benefits of Meditation  →
positivelivingchannel: Physiological benefits: 1- It lowers oxygen consumption. 2- It decreases respiratory rate. 3- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate. 4- Increases exercise tolerance. 5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation. 6- Good for people with high blood pressure. 7- Reduces anxiety…
Mar 15th
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I think people forget that health means your...
PREACH!!! That’s why “mental health days” are SO legit!!! And why therapy should ALWAYS be covered by insurance!!! Let’s go!!! 
Mar 14th
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Eating disorders are not a stand-up comedy...
Last night, I had the opportunity to showcase an excerpt of my new one-woman play “faith” as part of Poetic Theater Production’s spring season preview March4Word. The play is a chronological, nonfiction, and autobiographical account of my experience with and recovery from a decade-long eating disorder. The scene I performed at March4Word is about a “near relapse”...
Mar 13th
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Mar 12th
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Mar 12th
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Mar 7th
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"faith" by Caroline Rothstein needs your support!
Dear family, friends, YouTube subscribers, Tumblr followers, and more! I am writing to let you know about an upcoming production of “faith,” my brand new one-woman play. Through monologue and poetry, “faith” is about my experience with and recovery from a decade-long eating disorder. Directed by Alex Mallory and co-presented by Poetic Theater Productions, I will be performing “faith” on April 3...
Mar 7th
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Mar 4th
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Mar 4th
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“The most important thing to know about eating disorders? That recovery is...”
– http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
Mar 3rd
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“Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not lifestyle choices....”
– http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
Mar 2nd
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“Dieting does not make you happier or healthier. But, it can lead to a serious...”
– http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
Mar 1st
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