Blythe Baird – “When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny” (4M Views!)

“How could I not fall in love with my illness?”

Congratulations to Blythe Baird for topping 4,000,000 views on this emotional poem! Watch more from Blythe here and here.

Blythe’s marvelous book, If My Body Could Speak is now available!

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Blythe Baird – “When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny” (2 MILLION VIEWS!)

“If you develop an eating disorder when you are already thin to begin with, you go to the hospital. If you develop an eating disorder when you are not thin to begin with, you are a success story.”

Congratulations to Blythe Baird on topping 2 MILLION views on this powerful poem. Watch more videos from Blythe here and here.

Send us your poems! The 2017 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest is now open for submissions. November 15th – January 5th, 2017. Check out the full information and guidelines for the contest here!



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