Comments | theseamster: Anorexia public service ad.

theseamster

Anorexia public service ad.

Feb 24, 2007 12:13

( Cut because the image is large and it's got someone in bra and panties, though it's really not inappropriate. )

Comments 14

dramatekcv February 24 2007, 19:38:53 UTC

It's amazing how different your own perceptions can be from the truth. During the period of time after I quit grad school up through about the 2005 season, I was fine with my build, but I've heard from several people since that I was getting TOO thin.

sageincave February 24 2007, 20:57:52 UTC

I was watching Saturday morning cartoons this morning, and a public service announcement came on, telling young girls that eating 14 "of anything" in a day would make them gain weight, and to see a doctor before they diet.

Then Trollz came on.

theseamster February 24 2007, 23:44:54 UTC

Like, say, 14 grapes? What the hell was that supposed to mean?

Even in a public service announcement, they fuck up young girls' heads. Sheesh.

sageincave February 25 2007, 01:48:34 UTC

Yes, it struck me as a particularly *unservicable* public service announcement.

4dramatic_flair February 25 2007, 00:01:06 UTC

"sigh" I understand, it is scary that is for sure. She does not even look that bad in the mirror for christ.

Hey, what weekend are you going to the AZ renfest? Can I maybe come along? I can kick in for gas, I have a drivers license, and I'm cute.

theseamster February 25 2007, 09:15:17 UTC

No, the girl in the mirror doesn't look bad... see my other comment to hrhirene, I've expanded a bit more on that concept.

As for AZ, I don't think it would work out too well.

4dramatic_flair February 25 2007, 18:41:22 UTC

alright, it's not like I have a renaissance costume anymore anyways.

hrhirene February 25 2007, 04:17:16 UTC

If that girl in the mirror is supposed to be "fat", freakin America needs to get their stupid act together.

theseamster February 25 2007, 09:13:05 UTC

Ah, but that's exactly why this ad is so good... an anorexic girl like the one in the foreground probably wouldn't look in the mirror and see a 350 lb. version of herself. The idea is that one of the main problems in anorexia is that it's never quite good enough, that when they're already really thin, they still look in the mirror and think, "Oh, if I could just lose a few more, I'd be thin enough." But it never is enough.

The self-perception of an anorexic is skewed, but not completely wacko-insane. That's a big part of what makes it so insidious and harmful.

hrhirene February 26 2007, 04:46:47 UTC

Well, that makes me feel a little better.

porcelainsakura February 25 2007, 13:20:19 UTC

This reminds me of something I've been meaning to make a ranting post about. There's a girl on LJ that I friended a while back because she did cute artwork, then her journal started changing and she's become blantly anorexic and bans anyone that makes a negative comment on her "dieting". It's like a train wreck and I'm always horribly tempted to peek in on her journal everytime she makes a post in a mutual LJ community.