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i found some pro-anorexia blogs....

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NEW AT LACIGREEN.TV:
A Crash Course on Anorexia - http://lacigreen.tv/?p=4073
Why I Don't Support "KONY 2012" - http://lacigreen.tv/?p=4019
How To Stay Friends With An Ex - http://lacigreen.tv/?p=3989
Dr. Seuss' Secret Messages - http://lacigreen.tv/?p=3927

Do you suspect you might be developing an eating disorder? Check out my post with info and resources: http://lacigreen.tv/?p=4073

Those in the US can also call the anorexia & eating disorders hotline 24/7 for advice, referrals, and crisis counseling: 1-847-831-3438

VIDEO SUMMARY:
In this video I talk about my discovery of the pro-anorexia community on tumblr. I talk about my own experience watching loved ones spiral into anorexia and seek to illuminate the mindset behind eating disorders. There is more to anorexia than just the desire to lose weight; namely, feeling in control and desirable/valuable. I talk about what causes eating disorders and the gender disparity in anorexia. I close the video with the 3 most prominent social theories that seek to explain why anorexia affects primarily women.

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[SwimspoozWAyy]

i looked up thinspo on tumblr. it encouraged me to eat an entire box of oreos.

[njmnikki]

as in exercising until you faint or puke. people can go to the hospital because of simple exhaustion. that's NOT healthy. push yourself, absolutely! but when people are going to the hospital for exhaustion because they want to look like a magazine cover, that is a very bad thing.

[Vi-Na Webster]

i think a lot of the time all eating disorders are grouped together under anorexia because that is the most well known and talked about, so if you do have one disorder, ppl may just assume its anorexia. there's a lot of confusion differentiating, and i think anorexia is more common (from what i have come across/seen personally)

[Jade Sohma]

Sometimes. Laci is so sweet I just want to give her a big hug. ^^

[Jaakex3]

nooo D;

I'm going to pretend it is anyways :D

[njmnikki]

it isn't.

[Pineappletaco]

It took strength to post that and to acknowledge the problem and do something about it. Good luck with your journey. It may be long and difficult but in the end it will be worth it. Your health, happiness, and more importantly YOU are worth more that what the marketing and shallow society would have you believe.

[awesome4surya]

I love your boobs

[Summer Manning]

I'm 17 and hit puberty at an average age, however I thought I was a late bloomer because some girls started early and others stuffed their bras while I looked scrawny. Up until August last year I was not yet fully developed and was underweight due to my high metabolism. I tried to put on weight because I was dangerously thin. Now the tables have turned and despite only gaining 1 stone I now feel incredibly fat because I'm 5'3 and weigh 8st 10.

[Phazonaddict]

Ha ha what the fuck is this

[Claire B]

I would rather have a healthy mind than a healthy body! =)

Hating your body means you wont treat it with respect. Telling people they're fat doesn't encourage them to lose weight, it makes them hate their body and continues the cycle of eating for comfort. Just like telling people they're too skinny often encourages people suffering from anorexia to keep starving themselves because they're 'on the right track'.

[sukiXrose]

Anorexics have a higher chance of dying than british soldiers in afghanistan