Blog #mental illness

TW: eating disorders. Today we're featuring this bittersweet piece by Carlea Baughn (@carlea.the.poet on Instagram) about eating disorders and healing … and if you find yourself in these words, please know you are not alone.

I talked to Emily Harvey,(@emilyharveypoetry on Instagram) who was one of our first contributors last year, about her upcoming chapbook and her mental illness-focused series, among other topics. Please read and enjoy!

Peach Contributor Tatum's Instagram account is full of photographs of her vibrant rainbow hair and equally colorful style. However, if you scroll a bit further, you will become acquainted with the Tatum that had white blonde hair and who wore a palette of neutrals. Maddy Hart, founder of Peach, discussed this with her and found out what prompted the style change - and the reason behind the change hits closer to home than one may expect.

Poetry from Emily Harvey's Stop Glorifying Mental Illness series, which describes how brutally isolating mental illness is, and why it should never be romanticized. TRIGGER WARNING: mental illness, depression, self harm, brief suicide mentions