Choose Life. Choose Anorexia.

[genie22]

Determined, intoxicating, resourceful and stereotypically middle-class - you only need to spend a matter of minutes at medical school before you meet an ‘Ana’ or a ‘Mia’. Romantic and feminine these names may be, but things aren’t what they seem - a significant minority of ladies who appear successful and talented amidst our incestuous fishbowl

Comments

[wight1984]

Some of the pictures on that site are pretty disturbing. I came across a website that was formed of a collection of anoerexia porn recently, and that's worse. It's very hard to understand how peope can find these rather death-like figuires attractive.

I understand acetisim, I understand using your body as a way to have control over yourself, but convincing yourself that it's beautiful?

[genie22]

I think there are deeper reasons to finding such a body beautiful. I personally like looking like an adult female is biologically expected to, in addition to liking the responsibilities expected of one. It's fair to assume someone else mightn't?

Anorexia porn is more worrying than feeder porn. Although both extremes are unhealthy, it's slightly perverse to fantasise over seeing a female as something helpless/innocent due to a perceived 'lack' of adult features. Perhaps it's a control thing, like paedophilia?

[silentdave]

Pro-ana communitys kept me sane for about eight months. They stop you feeling alone, they allow you to justify actions you know are logically incorrect, and that alone makes you feel less like shit. And when you feel less like shit, you're a step further away from your illness and a step further towards recovery.

If you've not had the illness, don't judge.

hello there...

[snesgirl]

remeber me. Friend os Exedra.s?

I forgot to include you int eh friends corral when I went F-list only. Is it okay if I add you now.

You make fascinating reading.

As for Pro-ana it's not ap henomenon i'd heard of untill now, and it shocks and worries me.

I totally take on baord silent dave's "if you've not had the illness don't judge" but having watched someone die from it at an eary age, I think that although he found the 'pro-ana' helpful, it was a unintemded side effect. The entire purpose of the movement seems to be deep deep denial that making a choice, is not the same as being compelled.

No addiction is a Choice.

and all forms of body dysmorphia (sp?), are rooted in addictions.

Re: hello there...

[genie22]

Sure, go ahead and add :)

Was going to add you soon anyway (we've got Chris and Jo in common too)!

x

[_moggy_]

Hi there,

Could you drop me an email please at natasha.morabito (at) channeltvlondon.co.uk ?

There's some quotes of yours that we'd like to use in the Ladies Loos book and I wondered if I could send them to you so you can look them over and hopefully give your permission to use them.

Thanks,
Natasha

Hmmmmn

[alexthirkill]

well its two fold thing really isn't it - my prejudices say it comes down to class in great measure [Though I couldn't back that up empirically