In this episode, Karin welcomes Ken Capobianco, music critic, and recovered author to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “The Ballad of a Thin Man.”

Join Karin and Ken for a conversation on shame and detail for men with eating disorders, the harm of specific gender focused treatment, the challenges of treating all genders, how food and sexuality intertwine, the medical complications of an eating disorder, the misperception of “scaring people straight,” the liberation of sharing one’s story of recovery, and much more.

Ken Capobianco whom, after recovering from acute anorexia that spanned three decades, resulting in a stroke at the age of 45 years old, wrote and published “Call Me Anorexic: The Ballad of a Thin Man.”

Ken is also a music critic who has written about pop music and the arts for over thirty years after receiving his M.A. in Literature from Tufts University. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, Billboard, The New York Times, The Cape Cod Times, and The Journal of Modern Literature.

The former instructor of writing and literature at Northeastern University and instructor of journalism at Emerson College lives in Long Beach, California with his wife, Ratanan. You can follow Ken on Instagram and Twitter.