Heal Thyself

[giniliz]

Recalling that I tend to think that, at least in part, Jesus healed people by restoring them to the community, addressing the exclusion and stigma if not the physical disease, I'm troubled by the recent backlash against and discussions of banning "pro eating disorders" communities here on LJ and elsewhere on the web. Some people claim that those

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[spokenonlyonce]

I agree with everything you've said here about how this is a socially-constructed phenomenon and we shouldn't be punishing those with ED... but I don't think that there is a huge difference between communities like proanorexia, where advice and encouragement to keep purging, keep fasting, etc. is the norm and communities like ed_recovery which emphasizes... well, recovery. And the difference there is whether or not I'm able to eat my lunch after reading through some of the posts

[spokenonlyonce]

urg, I meant:

... but I think that there is a huge difference between communities like ...