Paul Campos says it all:
This girl has already learned two ignoble truths about appearance in our culture: That, as a woman, nothing she accomplishes will ever be considered as important as how she looks, and that the conventional definition of feminine beauty in our culture is both extraordinarily narrow and radically different from what most [...]

Once, I had a therapist for depression who assumed that I had binge-eating disorder because I am fat.
It took me over a year to realize this. Right from the beginning, I made it clear that I was not there to talk about my weight, and it was off-limits as a topic. So, for over [...]

I’ve said this to a couple people, and I want to say it here: I feel that people with eating disorders are just as entitled to a sense of fellowship and the support of fellow sufferers as anyone else; however, Ifeel that the pro-ana sites don’t help anyone.
When a bunch of eating-disordered people get [...]

Sometimes I read around, looking at other people’s blogs. I like to keep abreast of the fitness/weight-loss circle especially (yeah, I know I’m fucking obnoxious, heh) and this is one of the sentiments I’ve encountered a few times: people being angry with anorectics or bulimics.
First off, I would prefer not to [...]