Why?

[rmartino]

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I think this is so sad. If you don't check out the link...I'll just tell you. This girl obviously has an eating disorder and she writes about it I suppose in hopes to get support???

I think what is even more sad is that people are encouraging her! It seems like an obvious cry for help or attention...but I can't help but ask why.

[GravyTrain]

that is pretty sad...

honestly though it almost seems too over the top to be real (of course, i've never been exposed to anyone with an eating disorder, so i don't know if that is how it really works)

but yea....that sucks for her

[rmartino]

The Mary Kate stuff is new...last night it was just the list of what she'd eaten that day. Yeah...it does seem a bit much.

[SHATOUSHKA]

i've never been a big fan of eating disorders
enough to offer empathy to them. i realize that
sounds asshole, but its just not my kind of
bandwagon.

however, i must agree that it seems quite common
and also (in about 80% of cases) just a plea
for attention. i also agree that most of the time,
its really just a bad self-image complex propigated
and maintained by the usual sources of media and
social circles.

buuuuuuuuuut...
i believe we all suffer from such image constraints
and its just a matter of the extreme to which
we take them (being american and all).

i've posted this before (but i'm gonna post it
again)... my sister was in a similar boat several
years ago and to a degree, remains in it. she
is very self-conscious about the food she eats
but in a weird way... certainly not to the extreme
this girl (in the link) has.

regardless, those images of mary kate look weird
to me... i dunno if its my vision or perspective
or what, but she looks like a friggin midget,
for real.

[rmartino]

this may be old news...but from looking more into why this girl would want to write about this and why others would encourage her...I found out that pro-anorexia web sites are not uncommon at all. Apparently, there are a lot of people out there that feel anorexia is a chosen way of life and support it 100%. It's crazy to me.

[SHATOUSHKA]

ugh, i've seen seriously thin people in public
before and it just makes my skin crawl. i dunno
why anyone would want to be like that. thin?
sure... but skeletal? no fn way

[GravyTrain]

I think it's kinda sexy....*throws up in a corner*....(no pun intended)

[rmartino]

GROSS!

You could seriously do a study on the human skeleton with that lady as your model.

Take it off, DJ! Take it off!

Her feet are huge!

[SHATOUSHKA]

god.... thats horrid. i can't believe you posted
that!!!! there is a lady here in conway that
is similar, i've seen her a few times at walmart.
she usually wears black leggings... but even
still, you can clearly see her bones through it.

ugh... digusting