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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Why am I the last one to know?
Has anyone else heard about the Pro-anorexia movement? This is disturbing. (And I mean that in a very sensitive way, of course.) Basically, the "pro-ana" people believe that Anorexia is not a disease, but a way of life. One pro-ana woman describes her anorexia as follows:
I am 23 now and have realized that all of my friends have abandoned me, my family no longer listens to me, and that professor that claimed to want to help me had me suspended from college because of my cutting... I am now the fat chic [sic]. I left ana for these people and they turned their backs on me. Ana has never hurt me, Ana would never lie to me, Ana would never leave me, and Ana always welcomes me back with open arms no matter how long we have been seperated. I'm not going to make fun of this, because it's kind of heartbreaking. And, I suppose that you have a Goddess-given right to starve yourself to death, if that's what you really want to do. I just thought it was interesting enough to merit its own post. |
