Before a couple of days ago, if you were to ask me: “Casey, what’s your favorite book?” I would have answered without hesitation a book called “Wasted” by the journalist and author Marya Hornbacher. The...

Op-eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. Every time I scroll through my Instagram feed, I constantly come across pictures of celebrities...

Whatever the reason may be, we as a society love horribly offensive Halloween costumes almost as much as we love sexy Halloween costumes. Take, for example, Wal-Mart’s Israeli Soldier costume for kids....

I said a few weeks ago that I would never write about my eating disorder again, but sometimes fate intervenes when you least expect it — like when I made an earnest pledge to stop giving anorexia and...

The “price of thin” usually refers to the effort put into counting calories, hitting the gym or taking more drastic measures to reach a certain weight. But in France, the fashion capital of the world,...

Gift shopping may be one of the most stressful and joyous activities of the holiday season. I love being able to find things for each of the people on my list and crossing them off one by one, imagining...

Thanksgiving in my house has always been political. Not political in the sense that we argue about the government over turkey and stuffing (although I was sitting at the kid’s table for the 19th year...

Since I’m new here, there are some things you should know about me. I like to write about illness and how it shapes my life. I also like to write about what I notice about the culture we live in,...