Alex McElroy – Medium

Published in The Belladonna Comedy

·Sep 30, 2021

Your Online Workout Modifier Misses You

Remember how before Crazy Core 720®, you’d never done a crunch in your life? Now look at you! — Hey! It’s me, Sam, the modifier from Crazy Core 720®. Do you remember me? Of course you do! You never forget the people you meet during unprecedented times. When lockdown began, you made the brave decision to join me and the rest of the Crazy Core Crew® for a workout…

Comedy

3 min read

Published in Gay Mag

·Nov 6, 2019

My Bodies

How masculinity concealed my eating disorder — I: The Fat Boy Body The fat boy lives in the echo of laugh tracks. The fat boy, frequently freckled, speaks with the most idiotic of voices. He eats too much to be smart. His stomach jiggles. The red mark of a hand fades on his skin. The fat boy falls on his face. He…

Eating Disorders

24 min read

Alex McElroy
Author of THE ATMOSPHERIANS, a NY Times Editors’ Choice | Writing in The Cut, GQ, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Esquire, & at alexmcelroy.org. | they/them
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