Madeleine Holden
Madeleine Holden is a lawyer and freelance writer based between Berlin and New Zealand. She writes about relationships, sex, gender and whatever the hell else she feels like for MEL.
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Intuitive Eating: The ‘Anti-Diet’ That Aims to Change Your Relationship With Food
But ‘listening to your body’ is easier said than done when diet culture has left us irreparably damaged
Why Restaurants Still Can’t Shake Their Sexist Service Etiquette
When dining out, gender assumptions run so deep they’re sometimes unconscious — and more progressive approaches can hurt a server’s pocket
Why Do Men Fetishize Skinny Women Who Are Big Eaters?
Men are attracted to women with vociferous appetites who chow down on meat, junk food and beer — on the strict proviso that they remain thin