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Welcome to SELF’s 2024 Home Fitness Awards! We firmly believe that you don’t need to join a gym to create a functional (dare we say joyful?!) workout routine that’s tailored to your goals and favorite types of movement. So, for the third year in a row, we put together a list of the very best machines, gadgets, virtual classes, and accessories to help you build your perfect home exercise experience. How did we do it? We tapped a panel of fitness experts—as well as our very own staffers—to nominate the gear that makes home workout sessions easier, more accessible, and, most importantly, more enjoyable. We evaluated their nominations by cross-referencing them with past reporting we’ve done at SELF—we’ve been testing fitness equipment for a very, very long time—along with other online consumer reviews. Ultimately, we narrowed down the list to 36 truly exceptional winners perfect for lifters, runners, cardio enthusiasts, yoga lovers, and beyond. To see them all, tap here: https://lnkd.in/eEazG55E

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, your holiday food preparations are probably in full swing—but if you’re planning on making (or eating) anything with carrots, tap here: https://lnkd.in/edyGSRqw

“Traditionally, people would think of it as black or white, like you either have a serious disorder or you don’t,” but people need to “see the shades of gray,” said Anne Fernandez, associate professor of psychiatry at Michigan Medicine . “That's one of the biggest barriers I find to people understanding what problems they might be having with alcohol use and seeking treatment.” via SELF Magazine : https://lnkd.in/eWaUugky

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I kept seeing people with migraine chat online about how a crispy cold Coca-Cola offers relief that their meds sometimes can't on their own...so I wrote about for SELF Magazine . Turns out there's some science behind this fizzy fix. #migraine #cocacola

Katie Camero

At Thomas Boyland Park in Bushwick, a crowd is gathered to watch a pickup basketball tournament. Despite the rain, the athletes play on, as the time on the clock winds down, AJ, the team captain, launches the ball from half court, sinking the basket and beating the buzzer. Her team’s hands all fly into the air in celebration. This is Basketdolls, an all-trans streetball pick-up league in Brooklyn, New York. With team names like the Whore Moans, the Metropolitan Trans Authority, and the New York LiberT-Slurs, there’s never any doubt that this is a community for trans folks, by trans folks. The league was born after 23-year-old Devin Myers got a taste of playing streetball last summer; Myers was hooked, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing from the experience. “When I played last year, I felt really insecure—not because of anyone else, but because of what I projected on myself,” she tells SELF. “I was the only trans woman in the tournament and the whole time I was wondering, ‘Am I playing too physical? Am I too tall?’ I felt this weird presence on the court and I knew I couldn't be the only person feeling this. I really wanted to create a space for trans people who are brand new to the game to have a space to really develop a relationship with their body.” Not only does the league provide a safe space for trans people to get involved in athletics, it’s a way for people to make friends without logging onto a dating app or going to a bar. To see Hunter Abrams joyful photos from the Doll-Star Game and to read Frankie de la Cretaz's full story, tap here: https://lnkd.in/dF5U2Tpk

Bad news for breakfast lovers: A bunch of frozen waffles have been recalled—and your favorite option may well be among them. Dozens of stores and brands are on the list including Target, Kodiak Cakes, Great Value, and Publix.

Is making a red flags list a red flag? Love Is Blind contestant Hannah Jiles thought it might help. SELF Magazine quoted Molly Burrets of USC Rossier School of Education who suggests it's helpful, but it’s even better to add green flags to see the full picture. 📝

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The Gold Over America Tour (GOAT) is a coast-to-coast odyssey that takes prominent gymnasts across the US to showcase their skills; the goal is to bring the sport to a wider audience and inspire the next generation of bar, beam, floor, and vault stars. But it’s unlike a traditional gymnastics competition: Performers don fun costumes and do choreographed dance numbers that incorporate pop-culture trends along with incredible tumbling passes. (The show’s soundtrack features multiple T-Swift songs, a creative decision that elicited a lot of screams from the mostly-tween audience.) While headliner Simone Biles is the most famous face of the tour, plenty of other Team USA Olympians signed on this year, including Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera. You’ll also find non-American Olympians, college stars, and other top gymnasts rounding out the ensemble. SELF Magazine was lucky enough to get a sneak peek before the show to chat with some of the gymnasts and watch their warm-ups—and we can officially report that if hanging with close friends on a near-constant basis while doing what you love sounds like heaven, the stars of the GOAT are living your wildest dream. To see unforgettable photos from the event and to read our full interview with the tour's star gymnasts—tap here: https://lnkd.in/duVUaiN2

As we get closer to what feels like one of the most important US presidential elections ever, it’s becoming harder to ignore the spooky boogeyman in the corner: Project 2025. You’ve likely heard of the Republican playbook, and if there’s one thing the policies in this agenda could do, it’s affect your health and well-being. SELF's Senior Health Writer Katie Camero dug into all 922 pages of Project 2025 and consulted with policy experts to help you better understand how it could impact you, from higher drug prices to lifetime caps on Medicaid. And what we came away with is that it’s a recipe for disaster on the health front. To get the major takeaways that you should be aware of if the next Republican administration decides to adopt its policies, tap here: https://lnkd.in/etynSQaP

Nearly two years ago Julia Turshen sent SELF editor in chief Rachel Miller a note asking her for help finding an article from SELF’s archives. The piece was in the February 1998 issue and was titled “Good-bye, Fat Head: How I stopped my compulsive eating.” The author was Rochelle Udell, who was the the editor in chief of SELF from 1995-1999. Rochelle Udell also happens to be Julia Turshen's mother. The article was published just a few months before Turshen’s thirteenth birthday. She remembers when it came out and what a big deal it felt like in her household where being thin was seen as the holy grail. Turshen wanted to get a hold of the article while digging into the origins of her eating disorder. She ended up using it as a jumping-off point to have a new conversation with her mother—one that appears in her new cookbook, What Goes With What, and that SELF is proud to publish as an exclusive excerpt. To read Udell and Turshen’s raw and honest conversation, where they discuss healing from the impacts of diet culture and how their relationship has evolved, tap here: https://lnkd.in/e2eWRH_s

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