I was a thin kid, muscular and strong. I beat all of my friends in almost any athletic competition and routinely won races. Hell, I even played football with the boys and held my own. The day someone I loved made me question my once capable body was the day that my love-hate relationship began with myself and with diet culture.

Gretchen VanOstrand

Gretchen VanOstrand was the nonfiction and photography editor for the infamous Ray's Road Review. Her work has appeared in Requiem magazine, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and Poetry Superhighway among other places. She is also an entrepreneur, She last partnered in creating an IT consulting company that quickly transformed with growth into much more including research, analysis, foreign affairs, emergency preparedness, business continuity, career coaching, and supporting numerous nonprofits, research entities while working with many smaller veteran-owned companies. Gretchen showed off her talented creativity by taking on the dual role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Art Director.

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