Kate Bernyk‘Love is Blind’ is better when it pretends fat people don’t existAs a fat person, I need to know from the jump you’re into alllll this. I don’t need you to love me despite my body. It’s all part of the…·5 min read·Mar 8, 2022----
Kate BernykI haven’t seen her in years — but she’s in every photo.I’ve known my mother has been in pain her whole life — because a condition of her love meant taking on her pain as my own.·7 min read·Oct 27, 2021--1--1
Kate BernykLearning that overpacking as a fat person is not indulgent, it’s necessary.Packing light is a thin privilege that I do not have.·6 min read·Sep 27, 2021--9--9
Kate BernykWhy you can’t let your career be your identityI finally know better than to accept work that demands I break myself in order to feel worthy.7 min read·Aug 22, 2021--1--1
Kate BernykAlone.My last hug — like an arms-wrapped-around-each-other real hug with another human — was exactly two months ago. Sixty-two days, if I’m…3 min read·May 13, 2020----
Kate BernykI wish things were better. They’re not.A year ago, I shared a version of this story on my Facebook page. It was October 15, 2016 — less than a month before the 2016 presidential…4 min read·Oct 20, 2017----
Kate BernykAllure: I Compulsively Weighed Myself for 2 Years — Here’s How I StoppedNote: My journey to self love and body positivity isn’t unique, but it is mine. I occasionally write about my struggles with accepting my…1 min read·Oct 11, 2017----
Kate Bernykin100 Naked WordsPushing pause.Life is doing that thing again. That thing where it only has 24 hours in a day and won’t let you do everything you want to do.1 min read·Jul 6, 2017----
Kate Bernykin100 Naked WordsTales of a tattoo: the tiger lily.Ten years ago this past February, my maternal grandmother passed away. It was one month after receiving a late stage diagnosis of…2 min read·Jun 28, 2017----
