REbeL at American University

heyyyy friends!! so excited to share the plans for our first meeting of the semester :) come learn about who we are as a club, get to know our amazing and supportive club members, learn about body neutrality, and come chat with us about what it’s like to be on social media these days with our feeds constantly flooded with content glamorizing/encouraging eating disorders/disordered eating - and how we make sense of this through a lens of recovery and protecting our peace.😙 we will unpack common diet culture rhetoric AND share a bunch of our favorite accounts and creators centered around recovery, intuitive eating, body neutrality and positivity, and anti-diet vibes🎉.
come alone or bring your friends!! all are welcome and encouraged to come :)

💌💌💌 leave any of your favorite book/podcast recs in the comments

To wrap up EDAW we will be hosting an Eating Disorder & Recovery Resource Workshop given by one of our very own NEDA campus warriors! Even if you haven’t personally struggled with an ED, it is important to educate everyone so that we can move toward a society where all bodies are seen and treated with kindness and respect! Come check it out Friday, March 3rd at 7:30pm in Bender Library 150😊

We have partnered with AU RecFit for a FREE body inclusive yoga class! We will be celebrating and honoring our bodies as they are! This is will place Wednesday, March 1st from 4-5pm
This event is completely free but you do have to register beforehand using the QR code in the post!

A space to just come take a break and talk about whatever your soul desires with your built-in body neutral besties🫶 be sure to stop by :) we love new friends! we will be in the back of the bridge and will post a clear location description right beforehand!

Monday the 27th!! MOVE NIGHT & WRITING YOURSELF A LOVE LETTER!! what could be more fun? nothing. come help up start off Eating Disorder Awareness Week with sunny&loving vibes☀️💞

Next week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week and we have lots of amazing events planned!! Here is the basic schedule of events for next week! Come as you are! Bring friends! Whether or not you have struggled with an eating disorder, it is up to all of us to create a society where all bodies feel safe, respected, and included! Spread the word; all bodies belong🫶🫶

hi friends!! our first meeting is tuesday at 7pm in the battelle-tompkins atrium 😊

please come by and bring your friends if you’d like! there will be snacks :)

see you all there! stay fabulous 🙌

come say hi tonight :)

MEET OUR E-BOARD FOR SPRING OF 2023!!

we are all so excited for this semester and all that BNC has in store!!

stop by our booth at the involvement fair Wednesday at 9pm in MGC 🫶💌

we are saying a temporary farewell to our incredible BNC president .brooke_ !!
She will be studying abroad in France during spring semester!! We are so excited for her and so beyond grateful for everything she does for our club! She will be back in the fall and in the meantime we have some new board members joining us :) (new e-board post coming in the next couple weeks)
We love you Isabella!!

Thank you to everyone who came to our final event of the semester!! We loved hearing our lovely member Em chat about disability and body neutrality! 🫶🏼 we have lots planned for you guys next semester so stay tuned!!

Hey besties! Get ready for our last event of the semester on Dec. 6th (🥲). It will be an amazing collab with the AU Disabeled Students Union and feature an incredible speaker from our club!! Make sure to stop by and bring your friends!

very exciting event this week besties!!

please join us this tuesday at 7pm in mgc 245 for our speaker event! our speaker this week is Alex from Courage to Nourish!! Courage to Nourish is an ED recovery organization comprised of dietitians and nutritionists that specialize in eating disorders.

Alex will be teaching us about the specifics of intuitive eating and how to practice/strengthen our practice of intuitive eating and getting in touch with our bodies! There will be opportunity to ask questions to an expert who is all about debunking diet culture and honoring your body, cravings, and hunger!

Also, you can get connected with Alex or someone on her team if this feels like something that might be beneficial to you!

We know that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and it can bring up difficult dynamics with food or topics surrounding dieting amongst loved ones and this meeting is a great opportunity to prepare for how we will respond to unsolicited comments, what recovery tools we will be applying, and going into the holiday feeling as strong as possible!

We are so sorry besties, we unfortunately have to cancel the nourish to flourish plant potting event. We will reschedule ASAP!! 💖💖

Link in our bio to read and sign onto our demands to stop sexual violence on campus and protect the student body!

🪴MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!🪴we have something super fun planned for next week! come join us in the Batelle Tompkins Atrium (110) for the nourish to flourish event!

we are going to decorate our own pots and plant our own beautiful succulents, eat delicious snacks, and listen to music!

eating/body image in college can be tough but BNC is here to remind you that if plants have to nourish to flourish… SO DO YOU :)

if you haven’t made it to a meeting yet, this is a perfect time to drop by and soak up some body acceptance vibes! bring ur friends and your best decorating ideas💕

accounts that will make your social media feed less toxic♥️

Join us with the AU Center for Well-being to learn about Drunkorexia, it’s impact on college students, and how to combat it - TW: Eating disorders, mental health, and alcoholism

a few resources for you to check out🫶

UPDATE: REbel as changed its name to the AU Body Neutrality Coalition! Our new email is [email protected]

[ID: On a beige background, olive writing at the top reads "Join us for a community conversation on sexual violence!" and below, in a sans serif font, "featuring stories highlighting perspectives on how sexual violence is a community issue." Two olive colored boxes are in the middle of the image, next to each other. The one on the left contains a blue box that reads "When: Wed. April 20 @ 7pm" and the one on the right contains a peach colored box that reads "Where: The Bridge Café." At the bottom of the image on the left side is a group of people speaking to each other, wearing various colored shirts and topped by different colored speech bubbles. On the right are the logos for It's On Us, DSU, REbeL, and Women's Initiative.]

Join us tomorrow in SIS 348 for a meeting on body image and COVID-19 with special speakers :) We hope you all can make it

Join us for our 2nd workshop with Planned Parenthood on relationships and consent!! See you on March 29th from 7-8 PM in MGC 247

Join us for a workshop with Planned Parenthood on Body Autonomy!! Tuesday, March 15th from 7-8 PM in MGC 247!!

For the end of NEDA week, we had the honor of collaborating with on this post. Here, we are highlighting the issues of body image and eating disorders deeply engrained in Greek life. We encourage you to follow Abolish Greek Life at AU to learn more about the harms of Greek Life!

Eventbrite link in our bio to sign up!!

Join us for our first NEDA week event Monday with !!!

We are so excited for our first general body meeting of the semester! Come join us in MGC 245 at 8 PM on Tuesday, Feb 15th!!! Make sure to bring your friends :) :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We are so excited for our upcoming (in-person!!) holiday photo shoot, which will be an opportunity to take photos in your favorite clothes while celebrating the holiday season. We will meet at 7:30 PM this Tuesday, Nov. 30 in SIS 300! Message us with any questions and we hope to see you there 📸❄️